Words That End With: MERS

• a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)

• a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words

• (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

• cry loudly, as of animals

• complain whiningly

• the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

• a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

• the ossicle attached to the eardrum

• a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

• a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

• a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

• a power tool for drilling rocks

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

• beat with or as if with a hammer

• create by hammering

• an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression

• an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing

• a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug