8-letter words that end in ard
- eurocard — A range of standard circuit board sizes. Normal double Eurocard = 233.4 x 160 mm Extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 220 mm Super extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 250 mm Hyper extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 280 mm
- faceward — Toward the face.
- farmyard — a yard or enclosure surrounded by or connected with farm buildings.
- fauchard — a shafted weapon having a knifelike blade with a convex cutting edge and a beak on the back for catching the blade of an aggressor's weapon.
- feedyard — an area where cattle are kept and fed when being fattened for market
- filecard — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
- filmcard — microfiche.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- flancard — a piece of armour covering a horse's flank
- foreward — (obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.
- foreyard — a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- gaillard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- galliard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- garboard — The first range of planks or plates laid on a ship’s bottom next to the keel.
- goalward — relating to a move towards a goal
- grignard — (François Auguste) Victor [frahn-swa oh-gyst veek-tawr] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1871–1935, French organic chemist: Nobel Prize 1912.
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- hadamard — Jacques Salomon [zhahk sa-law-mawn] /ʒɑk sa lɔˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1865–1963, French mathematician.
- halliard — any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a spar, sail, flag, etc., into position for use.
- hatguard — a string to keep a hat from blowing off
- headward — In the region or direction of the head.
- hellward — towards hell
- hereward — called Hereward the Wake. 11th-century Anglo-Saxon rebel, who defended the Isle of Ely against William the Conqueror (1070–71): a subject of many legends
- hilliard — Nicholas, 1547–1619, English goldsmith and miniaturist painter.
- hindward — backward
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- hog-ward — someone who looks after hogs
- homeward — Also, homewards. toward home.
- jackyard — a small, inclined spar upholding the head of a quadrangular gaff topsail similar in form to a lugsail.
- jacquard — Joseph Marie [zhoh-zef ma-ree] /ʒoʊˈzɛf ma ri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1834, French inventor.
- junkyard — a yard for the collection, storage, and resale of junk.
- kailyard — a kitchen garden.
- kaleyard — a kitchen garden.
- key card — 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.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kirkward — towards the church
- kirkyard — (chiefly Scotland) A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.
- landward — Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
- lapboard — a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.
- larboard — (formerly) port2 (def 1).
- leeboard — either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- logboard — a board used for logging a ship's records
- mag card — Computers. a plastic or paper card with a magnetizable layer on which data can be recorded and from which data can be read.
- mainyard — (sailing) The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung.
- metacard — A commercial human interface and hypertext system for Unix and the X Window System, similar to Hypercard.
- milliard — one thousand millions; equivalent to U.S. billion.
- misaward — to award wrongly
- misheard — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.