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14-letter words that end in rd

  • isolation ward — a ward where people with a contagious disease are kept separate from people who are not infected
  • knacker's yard — a slaughterhouse for horses
  • leland hayward — Leland, 1902–71, U.S. theatrical producer.
  • leopard lizard — any long-tailed lizard of the genus Gambelia, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico, having the body marked with spots and bars of dark or light brown or black.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • little richard — (Richard Wayne Penniman) born 1932, U.S. rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist.
  • marble orchard — cemetery.
  • martin du gard — Roger [raw-zhey] /rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1958, French novelist: Nobel prize 1937.
  • maternity ward — hospital room for new mothers
  • microsoft word — (text, tool, product)   A popular word processor, part of the Microsoft Office suite. The original Word (versions 1.0 to 4.?/5.0?) was originally text-based (non-GUI) and ran under MS-DOS. Then Microsoft released Word for Windows 1.0 and 2.0. Later they produced new versions for each OS, both numbered 6.0.
  • mistletoe bird — a small Australian flower-pecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that feeds on mistletoe berries
  • mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
  • moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
  • mum's the word — silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
  • national guard — state military forces, in part equipped, trained, and quartered by the U.S. government, and paid by the U.S. government, that become an active component of the army when called into federal service by the president in civil emergencies. Compare militia (def 2).
  • naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
  • north branford — a town in S Connecticut.
  • off the record — making or affording a record.
  • off-the-record — not for publication; not to be quoted: a candidate's off-the-record remarks to reporters.
  • on one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
  • pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
  • planning board — development group
  • plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
  • postnatal ward — a ward in a hospital where women and their babies are provided with medical care immediately after the birth of the baby
  • press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
  • progress board — a department of an organization, company, etc, that oversees and ensures progress, advance or development
  • room and board — lodging and meals.
  • royal standard — a flag bearing the arms of the British sovereign, flown only when she (or he) is present
  • saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
  • sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
  • secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
  • security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
  • shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
  • shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
  • spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
  • stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
  • strong forward — power forward
  • the oslo fjord — a bay in the southeast of Norway (an inlet of the Skagerrak)
  • turkey buzzard — turkey vulture.
  • umbilical cord — Anatomy. a cord or funicle connecting the embryo or fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment from the mother and wastes from the fetus.
  • valentine card — a card expressing love or affection, sent, often anonymously, to your sweetheart or satirically to a friend, on Saint Valentine's Day
  • watch and ward — a continuous watch or vigil, by or as by night and by day, especially for the purpose of guarding.
  • winning hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
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