ard | (noun) a simple light plough without a mouldboard. | Synonyms: ard plough, scratch plough |
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armguard | (noun) a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports | Synonyms: bracer |
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award | (noun) a grant made by a law court | Synonyms: awarding |
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(noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: accolade, honor, honour, laurels |
(noun) something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery | Synonyms: prize |
backboard | (noun) a board used to support the back of someone or something | - |
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(noun) a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball | Synonyms: basketball backboard |
backyard | (noun) the grounds in back of a house | - |
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bard | (noun) an ornamental caparison for a horse | - |
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(noun) a lyric poet | - |
barnyard | (noun) a yard adjoining a barn | - |
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baseboard | (noun) a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor | Synonyms: mopboard, skirting board |
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bastard | (noun) derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin | Synonyms: mongrel |
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(noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
(noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | Synonyms: by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson |
beard | (noun) tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface | Synonyms: byssus |
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(noun) hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals | - |
(noun) the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | Synonyms: face fungus, whiskers |
(noun) a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality) | - |
(noun) a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses | - |
billboard | (noun) large outdoor signboard | Synonyms: hoarding |
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biohazard | (noun) any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare | Synonyms: biological agent |
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(noun) hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions | - |
blackboard | (noun) sheet of slate; for writing with chalk | Synonyms: chalkboard |
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blackguard | (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible | Synonyms: bounder, cad, dog, heel, hound |
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blizzard | (noun) a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences | Synonyms: rash |
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(noun) a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds | Synonyms: snowstorm |
blowhard | (noun) a very boastful and talkative person | Synonyms: boaster, braggart, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter |
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board | (noun) a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose | - |
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(noun) a table at which meals are served | Synonyms: dining table |
(noun) electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices | Synonyms: control board, control panel, instrument panel, panel |
(noun) a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view | Synonyms: display board, display panel |
(noun) a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities | Synonyms: add-in, card, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in |
(noun) a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games | Synonyms: gameboard |
(noun) food or meals in general | Synonyms: table |
(noun) a committee having supervisory powers | - |
(noun) a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes | Synonyms: plank |
boatyard | (noun) a place where boats are built or maintained or stored | - |
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bodyguard | (noun) a group of men who escort and protect some important person | - |
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(noun) someone who escorts and protects a prominent person | Synonyms: escort |
bollard | (noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) | Synonyms: bitt |
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bombard | (noun) a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family | Synonyms: bombardon |
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boulevard | (noun) a wide street or thoroughfare | Synonyms: avenue |
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brassard | (noun) armor plate that protects the arm | - |
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breadboard | (noun) a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced | Synonyms: bread board |
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briard | (noun) old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat | - |
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brickyard | (noun) a place where bricks are made and sold | Synonyms: brickfield |
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buckboard | (noun) an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles | - |
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bustard | (noun) large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes | - |
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buzzard | (noun) a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States | Synonyms: Cathartes aura, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture |
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(noun) the common European short-winged hawk | Synonyms: Buteo buteo |
camelopard | (noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | Synonyms: Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe |
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canard | (noun) a deliberately misleading fabrication | - |
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card | (noun) one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes | - |
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(noun) a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities | Synonyms: add-in, board, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in |
(noun) a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures) | - |
(noun) a card certifying the identity of the bearer | Synonyms: identity card |
(noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, notice, placard, poster, posting |
(noun) (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat | Synonyms: batting order, lineup |
(noun) a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited | Synonyms: calling card, visiting card |
(noun) a list of dishes available at a restaurant | Synonyms: bill of fare, carte, carte du jour, menu |
(noun) (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) | Synonyms: scorecard |
(noun) a witty amusing person who makes jokes | Synonyms: wag, wit |
(noun) thin cardboard, usually rectangular | - |
cardboard | (noun) a stiff moderately thick paper | Synonyms: composition board |
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cashcard | (noun) a payment card that entitles the holder to receive cash | Synonyms: cash card |
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centerboard | (noun) a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward | Synonyms: centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel |
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centreboard | (noun) a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward | Synonyms: centerboard, drop keel, sliding keel |
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chalkboard | (noun) sheet of slate; for writing with chalk | Synonyms: blackboard |
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chard | (noun) long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves | Synonyms: leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard |
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(noun) beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks | Synonyms: Beta vulgaris cicla, chard plant, leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard |
checkerboard | (noun) a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors | Synonyms: checker board, chequerboard |
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cheeseboard | (noun) tray on which cheeses are served | Synonyms: cheese tray |
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chequerboard | (noun) a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors | Synonyms: checker board, checkerboard |
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chessboard | (noun) a checkerboard used to play chess | Synonyms: chess board |
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chipboard | (noun) a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin | Synonyms: hardboard |
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churchyard | (noun) the yard associated with a church | Synonyms: God's acre |
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clapboard | (noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: weatherboard, weatherboarding |
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clapperboard | (noun) photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together | - |
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clipboard | (noun) a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers | - |
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clochard | (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant |
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coastguard | (noun) a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters | - |
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collard | (noun) variety of kale having smooth leaves | - |
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corkboard | (noun) a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking | - |
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courtyard | (noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | Synonyms: court |
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coward | (noun) a person who shows fear or timidity | - |
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crownbeard | (noun) any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads | Synonyms: crown-beard, crown beard |
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cupboard | (noun) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space | Synonyms: closet |
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custard | (noun) sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen | - |
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daggerboard | (noun) a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel | - |
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dartboard | (noun) a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts | Synonyms: dart board |
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dashboard | (noun) instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls | Synonyms: fascia |
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(noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: splashboard, splasher |
dastard | (noun) a despicable coward | - |
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diehard | (noun) one who adheres to traditional views | Synonyms: traditionalist |
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discard | (noun) getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable | Synonyms: throwing away |
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(noun) (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit | - |
(noun) anything that is cast aside or discarded | - |
disregard | (noun) willful lack of care and attention | Synonyms: neglect |
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(noun) lack of attention and due care | Synonyms: neglect |
dockyard | (noun) an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired | - |
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dooryard | (noun) a yard outside the front or rear door of a house | - |
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dotard | (noun) an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect | - |
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drainboard | (noun) a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink | Synonyms: draining board |
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drunkard | (noun) a chronic drinker | Synonyms: drunk, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino |
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duckboard | (noun) a boardwalk laid across muddy ground | - |
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dullard | (noun) a person who evokes boredom | Synonyms: bore |
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(noun) a person who is not very bright | Synonyms: dolt, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person |
eastward | (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees | Synonyms: due east, E, east |
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fallboard | (noun) the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played | Synonyms: fall-board |
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farmyard | (noun) an area adjacent to farm buildings | - |
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fiberboard | (noun) wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets | Synonyms: fibreboard, particle board |
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fibreboard | (noun) wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets | Synonyms: fiberboard, particle board |
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fingerboard | (noun) a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers | - |
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(noun) a bank of keys on a musical instrument | Synonyms: clavier, piano keyboard |
(noun) a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger | Synonyms: fingerpost |
fireguard | (noun) a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks) | Synonyms: fire screen |
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(noun) a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire | Synonyms: firebreak |
flashboard | (noun) boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height | Synonyms: flashboarding |
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flashcard | (noun) a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher | Synonyms: flash card |
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floorboard | (noun) a board in the floor | Synonyms: floor board |
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(noun) the floor of an automobile | - |
footboard | (noun) a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead | - |
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(noun) a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet | - |
foreyard | (noun) a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail. | Synonyms: fore-yard |
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forward | (noun) a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team | - |
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(noun) the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey | - |
foulard | (noun) a light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design) | - |
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gameboard | (noun) a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games | Synonyms: board |
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gangboard | (noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangplank, gangway |
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garboard | (noun) the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship | Synonyms: garboard plank, garboard strake |
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gizzard | (noun) thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food | Synonyms: gastric mill, ventriculus |
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goatsbeard | (noun) weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis |
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goliard | (noun) a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs | - |
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graveyard | (noun) a tract of land used for burials | Synonyms: burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, memorial park, necropolis |
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graybeard | (noun) a man who is very old | Synonyms: greybeard, Methuselah, old man |
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greensward | (noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots | Synonyms: sod, sward, turf |
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greybeard | (noun) a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) | Synonyms: bellarmine, long-beard, longbeard |
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(noun) a man who is very old | Synonyms: graybeard, Methuselah, old man |
guard | (noun) a position on a basketball team | - |
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(noun) the duty of serving as a sentry | Synonyms: guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go |
(noun) (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles | - |
(noun) a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | Synonyms: precaution, safeguard |
(noun) a device designed to prevent injury or accidents | Synonyms: safety, safety device |
(noun) a posture of defence in boxing or fencing | - |
(noun) a military unit serving to protect some place or person | - |
(noun) the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage | - |
(noun) a person who keeps watch over something or someone | - |
(noun) the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team | - |
gurnard | (noun) bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom | - |
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halliard | (noun) a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag | Synonyms: halyard |
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halyard | (noun) a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag | Synonyms: halliard |
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hardboard | (noun) a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin | Synonyms: chipboard |
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hazard | (noun) an obstacle on a golf course | - |
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(noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another | Synonyms: chance, fortune, luck |
(noun) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune | Synonyms: endangerment, jeopardy, peril, risk |