| admonisher | (noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided | Synonyms: monitor, reminder |
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| ambusher | (noun) an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack | - |
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| blusher | (noun) makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks | Synonyms: blush, paint, rouge |
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| (noun) yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched | Synonyms: Amanita rubescens, blushing mushroom |
| burnisher | (noun) a hand tool with polished agate tips (or other gemstone) for rubbing the gold leaf in order to obtain a highly polished surface, used in gilding. | Synonyms: burnishing tool |
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| crasher | (noun) someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying | Synonyms: gatecrasher, unwelcome guest |
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| crusher | (noun) a device that crushes something | - |
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| dishwasher | (noun) a machine for washing dishes | Synonyms: dish washer, dishwashing machine |
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| (noun) someone who washes dishes | - |
| extinguisher | (noun) a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires | Synonyms: asphyxiator, fire extinguisher |
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| finisher | (noun) an animal that wins in a contest of speed | - |
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| (noun) a race car that finishes a race | - |
| (noun) a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process | - |
| (noun) a painter who applies a finishing coat | - |
| (noun) (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game | Synonyms: closer |
| (noun) a racing driver who finishes a race | - |
| fisher | (noun) large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal | Synonyms: black cat, fisher cat, Martes pennanti, pekan |
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| (noun) someone whose occupation is catching fish | Synonyms: fisherman |
| flasher | (noun) an electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display) | - |
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| (noun) a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages | Synonyms: blinker |
| (noun) someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals | Synonyms: exhibitionist |
| fresher | (noun) a first-year undergraduate | Synonyms: freshman |
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| gatecrasher | (noun) someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying | Synonyms: crasher, unwelcome guest |
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| gusher | (noun) an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary | - |
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| haberdasher | (noun) a merchant who sells men's clothing | Synonyms: clothier |
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| kingfisher | (noun) nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish | - |
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| kosher | (noun) food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law | - |
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| languisher | (noun) a person who languishes | - |
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| lasher | (noun) a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip | - |
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| masher | (noun) a kitchen utensil used for mashing (e.g. potatoes) | - |
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| (noun) a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women | Synonyms: skirt chaser, wolf, woman chaser |
| musher | (noun) a traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team | - |
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| nosher | (noun) someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals | Synonyms: snacker |
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| penpusher | (noun) a clerk who does boring paperwork | Synonyms: pencil pusher |
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| perisher | (noun) bounder | - |
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| polisher | (noun) a power tool used to buff surfaces | Synonyms: buffer |
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| publisher | (noun) a firm in the publishing business | Synonyms: publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house |
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| (noun) a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music | - |
| (noun) the proprietor of a newspaper | Synonyms: newspaper publisher |
| pusher | (noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, stroller |
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| (noun) a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes | Synonyms: zori |
| (noun) someone who pushes | Synonyms: shover |
| (noun) an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs | Synonyms: drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler |
| (noun) one who intrudes or pushes himself forward | Synonyms: thruster |
| rasher | (noun) a commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America | Synonyms: Sebastes miniatus, vermillion rockfish |
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| ravisher | (noun) someone who assaults others sexually | Synonyms: debaucher, violator |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| refinisher | (noun) a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | Synonyms: preserver, renovator, restorer |
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| refresher | (noun) a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments | Synonyms: refresher course |
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| (noun) a drink that refreshes | - |
| (noun) a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day | - |
| rusher | (noun) a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously | - |
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| (noun) someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory | - |
| (noun) (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball | - |
| skirmisher | (noun) someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party) | - |
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| slasher | (noun) a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing | - |
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| (noun) someone who slashes another person | - |
| smasher | (noun) a conspicuous success | Synonyms: bang, hit, smash, strike |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, stunner, sweetheart |
| (noun) a person who smashes something | - |
| splasher | (noun) a protective covering over or beside a wheel to protect the upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud | - |
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| (noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: dashboard, splashboard |
| superslasher | (noun) large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous | Synonyms: utahraptor |
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| thrasher | (noun) thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs | Synonyms: mocking thrush |
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| (noun) large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed | Synonyms: Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thresher, thresher shark |
| (noun) a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw | Synonyms: thresher, threshing machine |
| thresher | (noun) large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed | Synonyms: Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thrasher, thresher shark |
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| (noun) a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw | Synonyms: thrasher, threshing machine |
| usher | (noun) someone employed to conduct others | Synonyms: guide |
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| (noun) an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber | Synonyms: doorkeeper |
| vanisher | (noun) a person who disappears | - |
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| vanquisher | (noun) someone who is victorious by force of arms | Synonyms: conqueror |
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| varnisher | (noun) someone who applies a finishing coat of varnish | - |
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| washer | (noun) a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically | Synonyms: automatic washer, washing machine |
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| (noun) seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage | - |
| (noun) someone who washes things for a living | - |
| welsher | (noun) someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager | Synonyms: welcher |
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