smallholding | (noun) a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation | - |
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spyhole | (noun) a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | Synonyms: eyehole, peephole |
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stakeholder | (noun) someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner | - |
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stockholder | (noun) someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation | Synonyms: shareholder, shareowner |
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stockholding | (noun) ownership of stocks; the state or fact of holding stock | - |
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(noun) a specific number of stocks or shares owned | Synonyms: stockholdings |
stockholdings | (noun) a specific number of stocks or shares owned | Synonyms: stockholding |
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stokehold | (noun) (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired | Synonyms: fireroom, stokehole |
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stokehole | (noun) (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired | Synonyms: fireroom, stokehold |
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stranglehold | (noun) a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe | - |
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(noun) complete power over a person or situation | Synonyms: chokehold, throttlehold |
stronghold | (noun) a strongly fortified defensive structure | Synonyms: fastness |
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succinylcholine | (noun) a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures | - |
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thole | (noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | Synonyms: oarlock, peg, pin, rowlock, tholepin |
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tholepin | (noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | Synonyms: oarlock, peg, pin, rowlock, thole |
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threshold | (noun) the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | Synonyms: doorsill, doorstep |
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(noun) the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | Synonyms: door, doorway, room access |
(noun) the smallest detectable sensation | Synonyms: limen |
(noun) a region marking a boundary | Synonyms: brink, verge |
(noun) the starting point for a new state or experience | - |
throttlehold | (noun) complete power over a person or situation | Synonyms: chokehold, stranglehold |
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thumbhole | (noun) a finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball) | - |
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(noun) the hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb | - |
toehold | (noun) a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints | - |
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(noun) a small foothold used in climbing | - |
(noun) a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made | - |
unholiness | (noun) the quality of being unholy | - |
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unwholesomeness | (noun) the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you | Synonyms: morbidity, morbidness |
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upholder | (noun) someone who upholds or maintains | Synonyms: maintainer, sustainer |
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upholsterer | (noun) a craftsman who upholsters furniture | - |
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upholstery | (noun) the craft of upholstering | - |
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(noun) covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture | - |
venthole | (noun) a hole for the escape of gas or air | Synonyms: blowhole, vent-hole, vent |
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whole | (noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Synonyms: unit |
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(noun) all of something including all its component elements or parts | - |
wholeheartedness | (noun) the quality of hearty sincerity | Synonyms: heartiness |
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(noun) undivided commitment or unreserved enthusiasm | - |
wholeness | (noun) an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting | Synonyms: integrity, unity |
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(noun) a state of robust good health | Synonyms: haleness |
wholesale | (noun) the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers | - |
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wholesaler | (noun) someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers | Synonyms: jobber, middleman |
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wholesomeness | (noun) the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you | - |
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withholder | (noun) a person who restrains or checks or holds back | - |
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(noun) a person who refrains from granting | - |
withholding | (noun) the act of deducting from an employee's salary | - |
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(noun) the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control | - |
(noun) income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer | Synonyms: withholding tax |
workaholic | (noun) person with a compulsive need to work | - |
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workaholism | (noun) compulsiveness about working | - |
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wormhole | (noun) hole made by a burrowing worm | - |
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