Phrase Hound found 33 phrases and 412 compound words that contain ward. The most common are listed below. Open ward in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 33
- ward offTo parry, or turn aside.
- maternity wardA hospital ward that provides assistance during childbirth.
- Ward CountyOne of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Minot. Named after Mark Ward.
- Ward HillA hill, 479 metres high, on the island of Hoy, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY2202).
- Glen WardA locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- ward-roomAlternative form of wardroom: The living quarters of a ship designated for the commissioned officers other than the captain.
- casual wardThe section of a workhouse where itinerants and tramps could be accommodated for one night.
- Lower Ninth WardA neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
- watch and wardThe charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace.
- psych wardClipped compound of psychiatric ward.
- crown wardA child or youth who has been placed in foster care without access to his or her natural family for the purpose of adoption
- special wardAny of the 23 municipalities that make up the core and the most populous part of Tokyo, Japan.
- ward teachingSynonym of home teaching: The responsibility of the priesthood in which a pair of priesthood holders visit another member's family to teach them LDS doctrine and monitor their well-being.
- psychiatric wardA facility for treating patients with mental disorders, a mental hospital.
- bear-wardAlternative form of bearward: Someone who handles and keeps bears (and sometimes other animals such as apes and bulls), especially for use in public entertainments such as baiting or dancing displays; a bearherd.
- ward roundA regular visit paid by the medical staff to hospital inpatients under their care, in order to review their progress.
- Nightingale wardA hospital ward housing numerous patients in a single room.
- ward heelercorrupt urban political operative
- ward heelersplural of ward heeler: corrupt urban political operative
- critical wardSynonym of intensive care unit: A part of a hospital into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored.
- march-wardA warden of the marchland (border area between England and Wales, or England and Scotland)
- ward-roomsplural of ward-room: The living quarters of a ship designated for the commissioned officers other than the captain.
- ward roundsplural of ward round: A regular visit paid by the medical staff to hospital inpatients under their care, in order to review their progress.
- Romano-Ward syndromeThe most common form of congenital long QT syndrome.
- ward mootAlternative form of wardmote: A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward, especially in the City of London.
Compound words 412
- forwardSituated toward or at the front of something.
- towardIn the direction of.
- backwardIndicating position or direction.
- awkwardLacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
- upwardIn a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
- outwardOuter; located towards the outside.
- stewardA person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
- inwardSituated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.
- waywardGiven to a wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray.
- haywardOne whose occupation involved overseeing the sowing and harvesting of crops as well as protecting the crops from stray people or animals.