…a separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient…
…added to nouns of place or destination and to adverbs of direction:…
…(1727–1800), American politician and soldier. He served as a general during the American Revolution, second in command to George Washington. Later he was a member of the Continental Congress 1780–82 and of the US House of Representatives 1791–95…
…(1843–1913), US businessman; full name Aaron Montgomery Ward. In 1872, he founded a dry-goods business, which became Montgomery Ward & Co., the first mail-order firm in the US…
…(1851–1920), English writer and anti-suffrage campaigner, niece of Matthew Arnold; née Mary Augusta Arnold. She is best known for several novels dealing with social and religious themes, especially Robert Elsmere (1888). An active opponent of the women’s suffrage movement, she became the first president of the Anti-Suffrage League in 1908…
…(forming adjectives) turned or tending towards…
…a glass-sided airtight case used for growing ferns or other plants indoors or for transporting living plants over long distances…
…(1810–86), US Supreme Court associate justice 1873–82. Appointed to the Court by President Grant, he previously served as a judge and then chief judge of the New York state court of appeals 1865–73…
…a ward in a workhouse providing accommodation for those temporarily unable to support themselves…
…a person who assists in a political campaign by canvassing votes for a party and performing menial tasks for its leaders…
…visits paid by a doctor in a hospital to each of the patients in their care or in a particular ward or wards…
…prevent someone or something from harming or affecting one…
…a child or young person for whom a guardian has been appointed by the Court of Chancery or who has become directly subject to the authority of that court…
…(1813–87), American Congregationalist clergyman, orator, and writer. He became famous as an orator attacking political corruption and slavery…
…the department of a hospital providing immediate treatment for emergency cases…
…(1843–1913), US businessman; full name Aaron Montgomery Ward. In 1872, he founded a dry-goods business, which became Montgomery Ward & Co., the first mail-order firm in the US…
