12-letter words that end in ard
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- james edward — Stuart, James Francis Edward.
- landing card — an identification card issued to a traveler for presentation to the immigration authorities.
- leader board — a board on which the scores of the leading competitors are displayed, as in a golf tournament.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- leather-hard — (of ceramic clay) moist but not sufficiently so to be plastic.
- ledger board — a horizontal board, as in a fence.
- library card — a card issued by a library to individuals or organizations entitling them or their representatives to borrow materials.
- lock forward — either of two players who make up the second line of the scrum and apply weight to the forwards in the front line
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- loyalty card — customer incentive scheme
- malibu board — a lightweight, fiberglass-covered surfboard, usually about 10 feet (3 meters) long with a rounded nose and tail and a convex bottom for increased maneuverability.
- maximum card — a picture postcard to which a stamp can be affixed on the picture side, after which it can be cancelled by the appropriate postal service.
- medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- middle guard — a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- moral hazard — Insurance. an insurance company's risk as to the insured's trustworthiness and honesty.
- mortar board — A mortar board is a stiff black cap which has a flat square top with a bunch of threads attached to it. In Britain, mortar boards are sometimes worn on formal occasions by university students and teachers. In the United States, mortar boards are worn by students at graduation ceremonies at high schools, colleges, and universities.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- network card — network interface controller
- night lizard — any of several nocturnal lizards of the family Xantusiidae, of southwestern North America and Cuba, which bear live young.
- non standard — not standard.
- non-standard — not standard.
- notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- parole board — panel who evaluate prisoners for release
- pastry board — a flat board on which pastry is rolled
- payment card — A payment card is a plastic card which you use like a credit card, but which takes the money directly from your bank account.
- picture card — face card
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- playing card — one of the conventional set of 52 cards in four suits, as diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs, used in playing various games of chance and skill.
- poster board — a thick, fairly stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together and typically used to support displays.
- preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
- push forward — keep advancing
- railway yard — an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc
- review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
- school board — a local board or committee in charge of public education.
- scraperboard — scratchboard.
- scratch card — a card or ticket having one or more sections coated with an opaque substance that can be scratched off to reveal a possible prize.
- scratchboard — a cardboard coated with impermeable white clay and covered by a layer of ink that is scratched or scraped in patterns revealing the white surface below.
- scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
- scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- sleeve board — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.