-ward
/wəd/(also -wards)
suffix
Added to nouns of place or destination and to adverbs of direction:
1 (usually -wards) (Forming adverbs) towards the specified place or direction: eastwards homewards
2 (usually -ward) (Forming adjectives) turned or tending towards: onward upward
Origin
Old English -weard, from a Germanic base meaning 'turn'.
- carbodiimide
- carbofuran
- carbohydrase
- carbohydrate
- carbohydrate loading
- carbo-hydrogen
- carbolate
- carbolated
- carbol-fuchsin
- carbol-fuchsine
- carbolic
- carbolic acid
- carbolically
- carbolic soap
- carbolineum
- carbolise
- carbolised
- carbolize
- carbolized
- carbo-load
- car bomb
- car bomber
- carbomycin
- carbon
- carbon-12