billfold | (noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | Synonyms: notecase, pocketbook, wallet |
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blindfold | (noun) a cloth used to cover the eyes | - |
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bold | (noun) a typeface with thick heavy lines | Synonyms: bold face, boldface |
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centerfold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centrefold |
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centrefold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centerfold |
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chokehold | (noun) a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind | Synonyms: choke hold |
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(noun) complete power over a person or situation | Synonyms: stranglehold, throttlehold |
cold | (noun) the absence of heat | Synonyms: coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature |
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(noun) the sensation produced by low temperatures | Synonyms: coldness |
(noun) a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs) | Synonyms: common cold |
copyhold | (noun) a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services | - |
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cuckold | (noun) a man whose wife committed adultery | - |
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fold | (noun) the act of folding | Synonyms: folding |
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(noun) a pen for sheep | Synonyms: sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold |
(noun) a folded part (as in skin or muscle) | Synonyms: plica |
(noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | Synonyms: congregation, faithful |
(noun) a group of sheep or goats | Synonyms: flock |
(noun) a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock | Synonyms: folding |
(noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication |
foothold | (noun) an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments | Synonyms: beachhead |
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(noun) a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing | Synonyms: footing |
(noun) an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies | Synonyms: bridgehead |
freehold | (noun) tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life | - |
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(noun) an estate held in fee simple or for life | - |
gatefold | (noun) an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine | Synonyms: foldout |
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gold | (noun) a deep yellow color | Synonyms: amber |
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(noun) something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc. | - |
(noun) coins made of gold | - |
(noun) great wealth | - |
(noun) a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia | Synonyms: atomic number 79, Au |
handhold | (noun) an appendage to hold onto | - |
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hold | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip |
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(noun) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it | Synonyms: grip, handgrip, handle |
(noun) a cell in a jail or prison | Synonyms: keep |
(noun) the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo | Synonyms: cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, storage area |
(noun) a stronghold | - |
(noun) power by which something or someone is affected or dominated | - |
(noun) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something | Synonyms: appreciation, grasp |
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: custody, detainment, detention |
(noun) time during which some action is awaited | Synonyms: delay, postponement, time lag, wait |
hoodmold | (noun) a protective drip that is made of stone | Synonyms: dripstone, hoodmould |
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household | (noun) a social unit living together | Synonyms: family, home, house, menage |
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leasehold | (noun) land or property held under a lease | - |
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mangold | (noun) beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed | Synonyms: Beta vulgaris vulgaris, mangel-wurzel, mangold-wurzel |
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manifold | (noun) a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes | - |
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(noun) a set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions | - |
(noun) a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies | Synonyms: manifold paper |
marigold | (noun) any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers | - |
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mold | (noun) container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens | Synonyms: cast, mould |
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(noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, modelling, molding, mould, moulding |
(noun) a distinctive nature, character, or type | Synonyms: mould |
(noun) a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold | Synonyms: mould |
(noun) a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter | Synonyms: mould |
(noun) the process of becoming mildewed | Synonyms: mildew, mould |
(noun) the distinctive form in which a thing is made | Synonyms: cast, mould, stamp |
(noun) loose soil rich in organic matter | Synonyms: mould |
old | (noun) past times | - |
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pinfold | (noun) a pen where stray animals are confined | - |
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safehold | (noun) a refuge from attack | - |
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scaffold | (noun) a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers | - |
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(noun) a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) | - |
scold | (noun) someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault | Synonyms: common scold, nag, nagger, scolder |
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sheepfold | (noun) a pen for sheep | Synonyms: fold, sheep pen, sheepcote |
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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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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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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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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 | - |
wold | (noun) a tract of open rolling country (especially upland) | - |
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