7-letter words that end in ard
- hansard — the official verbatim published reports of the debates and proceedings in the British Parliament.
- harvard — John, 1607–38, English clergyman in the U.S.: principal benefactor of Harvard College, now Harvard University.
- hayward — Leland, 1902–71, U.S. theatrical producer.
- hazzard — Shirley, born 1931, U.S. novelist and short-story writer, born in Australia.
- henyard — A yard or similar area where hens run free.
- heyward — DuBose [duh-bohz] /dəˈboʊz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1940, U.S. playwright, novelist, and poet.
- hubbard — Elbert Green, 1856–1915, U.S. author, editor, and printer.
- id card — identification card.
- inboard — located nearer the longitudinal axis or center, as of an airplane: the inboard section of a wing.
- innyard — The yard of an inn.
- jeopard — to jeopardize.
- keycard — a plastic card, similar to a credit card, containing data on an embedded magnetized strip that can electronically unlock a door, activate a machine, etc.
- laggard — a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
- laniard — Nautical. a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging.
- lanyard — Nautical. a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging.
- ledyard — a town in SE Connecticut.
- leeward — pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the quarter toward which the wind blows (opposed to windward).
- leonard — Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- leopard — a large, spotted Asian or African carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usually tawny with black markings; the Old World panther: all leopard populations are threatened or endangered.
- leotard — a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- leppard — Raymond. born 1927, British conductor and musicologist, in the US from 1977: noted esp for his revivals of early opera
- lizzard — Obsolete form of lizard.
- lollard — an English or Scottish follower of the religious teachings of John Wycliffe from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
- lombard — Carole (Jane Alice Peters) 1909?–42, U.S. film actress.
- mallard — a common, almost cosmopolitan, wild duck, Anas platyrhynchos, from which the domestic ducks are descended.
- mansard — Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- manward — Also, manwards. toward humankind: The church directed its attention manward as well as heavenward.
- maynard — a male given name.
- mazzard — a wild sweet cherry, Prunus avium, used as a rootstock for cultivated varieties of cherries.
- midgard — the middle earth, home of men, lying between Niflheim and Muspelheim, formed from the body of Ymir.
- millard — a male given name.
- muggard — (obsolete) sullen; displeased.
- 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.
- nayward — the negative view
- niggard — an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
- norward — Archaic form of northward.
- np-hard — (complexity) A set or property of computational search problems. A problem is NP-hard if solving it in polynomial time would make it possible to solve all problems in class NP in polynomial time. Some NP-hard problems are also in NP (these are called "NP-complete"), some are not. If you could reduce an NP problem to an NP-hard problem and then solve it in polynomial time, you could solve all NP problems. See also computational complexity.
- onboard — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
- orchard — an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
- outward — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
- pc card — Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
- piccard — Auguste [French oh-gyst] /French oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1884–1962, Swiss physicist, aeronaut, inventor, and deep-sea explorer: designer of bathyscaphes.
- placard — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- pochard — an Old World diving duck, Aythya ferina, having a chestnut-red head.
- pollard — a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches.
- pommard — a dry, red wine from the Pommard parish in Burgundy.
- poniard — a small, slender dagger.
- poulard — a hen spayed to improve the flesh for use as food.
- reboard — a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- reynard — a name given to the fox, originally in the medieval beast epic Reynard the Fox.