| aquifer | (noun) underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc | - |
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| bluffer | (noun) a person who tries to bluff other people | Synonyms: four-flusher |
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| buffer | (noun) a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact | Synonyms: fender |
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| (noun) a power tool used to buff surfaces | Synonyms: polisher |
| (noun) an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track | Synonyms: cowcatcher, fender, pilot |
| (noun) (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system | Synonyms: buffer storage, buffer store |
| (noun) an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) | Synonyms: buff |
| (noun) a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict | Synonyms: buffer zone |
| (noun) (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH | - |
| caffer | (noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African | Synonyms: caffre, kaffir, kafir |
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| candlesnuffer | (noun) an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle | - |
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| chamfer | (noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | Synonyms: bevel, cant |
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| cockchafer | (noun) any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult | Synonyms: May beetle, May bug, Melolontha melolontha |
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| coffer | (noun) a chest especially for storing valuables | - |
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| (noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome | Synonyms: caisson, lacunar |
| conifer | (noun) any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones | Synonyms: coniferous tree |
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| counteroffer | (noun) an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer | - |
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| crucifer | (noun) any of various plants of the family Cruciferae | Synonyms: cruciferous plant |
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| duffer | (noun) an incompetent or clumsy person | - |
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| foraminifer | (noun) marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude | Synonyms: foram |
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| gaffer | (noun) a person who exercises control over workers | Synonyms: boss, chief, foreman, honcho |
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| (noun) an elderly man | Synonyms: antique, old-timer, old geezer, oldtimer |
| (noun) an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set | - |
| gauffer | (noun) an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats | Synonyms: goffer |
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| (noun) an iron used to press pleats and ridges | Synonyms: gauffering iron, goffer, goffering iron |
| gofer | (noun) an employee whose duties include running errands | - |
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| goffer | (noun) an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats | Synonyms: gauffer |
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| (noun) an iron used to press pleats and ridges | Synonyms: gauffer, gauffering iron, goffering iron |
| (noun) a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman) | Synonyms: gopher |
| golfer | (noun) someone who plays the game of golf | Synonyms: golf player, linksman |
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| heifer | (noun) young cow | - |
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| hoofer | (noun) a professional dancer | Synonyms: stepper |
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| langlaufer | (noun) a cross-country skier | - |
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| laticifer | (noun) a plant duct containing latex | - |
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| lifer | (noun) a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment | - |
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| loafer | (noun) person who does no work | Synonyms: bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout |
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| lucifer | (noun) lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction | Synonyms: friction match, match |
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| offer | (noun) a usually brief attempt | Synonyms: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl |
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| (noun) something offered (as a proposal or bid) | Synonyms: offering |
| (noun) the verbal act of offering | Synonyms: offering |
| proffer | (noun) a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection | Synonyms: proposition, suggestion |
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| puffer | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: blowfish, globefish, pufferfish |
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| (noun) delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver | Synonyms: blowfish, pufferfish, sea squab |
| quaffer | (noun) a person who drinks heartily | - |
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| reefer | (noun) marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | Synonyms: joint, marijuana cigarette, spliff, stick |
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| roofer | (noun) a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs | - |
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| rotifer | (noun) minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton | - |
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| scoffer | (noun) someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision | Synonyms: flouter, jeerer, mocker |
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| (noun) someone who eats food rapidly and greedily | Synonyms: gorger |
| scuffer | (noun) a lightweight flexible sandal with a sturdy sole; worn as play shoes by children and as sportswear by adults | - |
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| sniffer | (noun) a person who sniffs | - |
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| snuffer | (noun) a cone-shaped implement with a handle; for extinguishing candles | - |
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| (noun) a person who uses snuff | Synonyms: snuff user |
| (noun) a person who snuffs out candles | - |
| staffer | (noun) an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) | Synonyms: staff member |
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| strafer | (noun) a combat pilot who strafes the enemy | - |
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| stuffer | (noun) an advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail | - |
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| (noun) a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display | Synonyms: animal stuffer, taxidermist |
| subwoofer | (noun) a loudspeaker that is designed to reproduce very low bass frequencies | - |
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| surfer | (noun) someone who engages in surfboarding | Synonyms: surfboarder |
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| telfer | (noun) one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage | Synonyms: telpher |
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| thurifer | (noun) an acolyte who carries a thurible | - |
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| titfer | (noun) a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat') | - |
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| transfer | (noun) the act of moving something from one location to another | Synonyms: conveyance, transferral, transport, transportation |
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| (noun) transferring ownership | Synonyms: transference |
| (noun) the act of transferring something from one form to another | Synonyms: transference |
| (noun) application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation | Synonyms: carry-over, transfer of training |
| (noun) a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances | - |
| (noun) someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another | Synonyms: transferee |
| twofer | (noun) an offer of two for the price of one | - |
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| (noun) a coupon that allows the holder to purchase two items (as two tickets to a play) for the price of one | - |
| umbellifer | (noun) any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae | Synonyms: umbelliferous plant |
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| wafer | (noun) a small thin crisp cake or cookie | - |
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| (noun) thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist) | - |
| (noun) a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters | - |
| whiffer | (noun) a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike | - |
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| woofer | (noun) a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds | - |
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