9-letter words that end in rd
- graybeard — Sometimes Disparaging. a man whose beard is gray; old man; sage.
- greenward — Towards an ecologically friendly situation.
- greybeard — Sometimes Disparaging. a man whose beard is gray; old man; sage.
- guideword — A watchword; a word or phrase that serves as one's guide.
- guildford — a city in S England, in Surrey: cathedral (1936–68); seat of the University of Surrey (1966). Pop: 69 400 (2001)
- handguard — A guard on the front of a weapon for hand and finger protection, or to allow for attachments to the weapon.
- haphazard — characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
- hard card — a card or device which fits into a computer's expansion slot, with the purpose of increasing memory, graphics capacity, etc
- hardboard — a material made from wood fibers compressed into sheets, having many household and industrial uses.
- haverford — a township in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- headboard — a board forming the head of anything, especially of a bed.
- headguard — a padded helmet worn to protect the head in contact sports such as rugby and boxing
- heathbird — the black grouse
- hexachord — a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
- honeybird — Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
- hypercard — A software package by Bill Atkinson for storage and retrieval of information on the Macintosh. It can handle images and is designed for browsing. The powerful customisable interactive user interface allows new applications to be easily constructed by manipulating objects on the screen, often without conventional programming, though the language HyperTalk can be used for more complex tasks.
- in a word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- in accord — agreeing
- interlard — to diversify by adding or interjecting something unique, striking, or contrasting (usually followed by with): to interlard one's speech with oaths.
- kickboard — a buoyant, usually small board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements.
- kiteboard — A specialized light weight wakeboard used for kiteboarding.
- kneeboard — a short board for surfing or water-skiing in a kneeling position.
- lace card — (Obsolete) A punched card with all holes punched (also called a "whoopee card" or "ventilator card"). Card readers tended to jam when they got to one of these, as the resulting card had too little structural strength to avoid buckling inside the mechanism. Card punches could also jam trying to produce these things owing to power-supply problems. When some practical joker fed a lace card through the reader, you needed to clear the jam with a "card knife" - which you used on the joker first.
- landboard — a narrow board, with wheels larger than those on a skateboard, usually ridden while standing
- langobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
- leaf lard — lard prepared from the leaf fat of the hog.
- leaf-lard — lard prepared from the leaf fat of the hog.
- lensboard — the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- lim fjord — a fjord in N Denmark running E from the North Sea to the Kattegat. About 110 miles (175 km) long.
- loan word — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- long card — a card remaining in a hand after all the opponents' cards in that particular suit have been drawn.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- longsword — A sword of a kind used in mediaeval Europe for hewing, thrusting and slicing. It is well suited to two-handed use in combat, but some can also be used in one hand.
- love bird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
- main yard — a yard for a square mainsail.
- mainboard — (computing) motherboard.
- maquisard — maquis (def 2).
- mass card — a card stating that a Mass will be said, especially for a deceased person, and sent by the donor, as to the family of the deceased.
- microcard — A small card bearing a microreproduction of text, resembling the microfiche format but on cardboard rather than photographic film.
- millboard — a strong, thick pasteboard used to make book covers.
- misrecord — (transitive) To record incorrectly.
- misregard — (obsolete) Wrong understanding; misconstruction.
- moldboard — the curved metal plate in a plow that turns over the earth from the furrow.