| ASSISTER | • assister n. One who assists; an assistant or helper. • ASSISTER n. one who assists, also ASSISTOR. |
| BANISTER | • banister n. The handrail on the side of a staircase. • banister n. One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster. • banister v. To construct a banister. |
| CANISTER | • canister n. A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard… • canister n. Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top. • canister n. A special short-range antipersonnel projectile consisting of a casing of light metal, loaded with preformed… |
| CLOISTER | • cloister n. A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a… • cloister n. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion. • cloister n. (Figuratively) The monastic life. |
| DEMISTER | • demister n. Part of the ventilation system in a motor car that blows hot, dry air against the inside of the windscreen… • demister n. Any of various devices that remove droplets of water from air. • DEMISTER n. a device that demists. |
| ENLISTER | • enlister n. One who enlists. • ENLISTER n. one who enlists. |
| FILISTER | • filister n. Alternative form of fillister. • FILISTER n. a groove on a window frame, also FILLESTER, FILLISTER. |
| GANISTER | • ganister n. A hard, fine-grained sandstone, used in manufacturing silica bricks for lining furnaces. • GANISTER n. a flintlike rock used for surfacing roads, also GANNISTER. |
| INSISTER | • insister n. One who insists. • INSISTER n. one who insists. |
| LAMISTER | • lamister n. (Slang) A person who is on the run from law enforcement. • LAMISTER n. (US) a fugitive, also LAMSTER. |
| MAGISTER | • magister n. Master; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a licence… • magister n. The possessor of a master’s degree. • MAGISTER n. (Latin) a person licensed to teach in a medieval university. |
| MINISTER | • minister n. A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a… • minister n. A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service). • minister n. In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador. |
| PLAISTER | • plaister n. (Obsolete outside dialects) Alternative form of plaster. • plaister v. (Obsolete outside dialects) Alternative form of plaster. • PLAISTER v. (Scots) to plaster. |
| REGISTER | • register n. A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc. • register n. A book of such entries. • register n. An entry in such a book. |
| RESISTER | • resister n. Alternative form of resistor (Sense 1 only). • RESISTER n. one who resists. |
| SINISTER | • sinister adj. Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister). • sinister adj. Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm. • sinister adj. (Archaic) Of the left side. |
| SLAISTER | • slaister n. (Scotland) mess. • slaister n. (Scotland) slovenly work. • slaister v. (Transitive, Scotland) To bedaub. |