A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.

Someone or something who was listed to start in a race, but did not start in the race. / Something that is destined to fail from the outset; an impractical scheme.

(automotive) An electrical motor, part of a modern car or truck, etc., which is used to initially turn the internal combustion engine of the vehicle to make it start.

(baking) A small amount of "live" dough used in traditional bakery to start the fermentation process necessary for preparing sourdough.

(roofing) Roll roofing or shingle strips applied along the downslope eave line before the first course of roofing and intended to fill spaces between cut-out and joints of the first course.

plural of starter strip

plural of starter dough

(meteorology) A rapidly expanding disc-shaped region of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, seen high above energetic lightning associated with hail-producing regions of thunderstorms, reaching up no higher than about 12 miles altitude.

(informal) A first marriage for an individual or couple that either was short-lived or is expected to be unsuccessful, especially when viewed as serving as preparation for a subsequent marriage.

plural of starter marriage