12-letter words containing old
- golden trout — a very colorful freshwater fish, Salmo aguabonita or Oncorhynchus aguabonita, of the salmon family, native to the Sierra Nevada, having a red and orange body and golden sides.
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- golden-brown — of brown with a golden tinge
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- goldsmithing — The work of a goldsmith; the forging of gold.
- good as gold — If you say that a child is being as good as gold, you are emphasizing that they are behaving very well and are not causing you any problems.
- good old boy — a male who embodies the unsophisticated good fellowship and sometimes boisterous sociability regarded as typical of white males of small towns and rural areas of the South.
- hammarskjold — Dag Hjalmar [dahg yahl-mahr] /dɑg ˈyɑl mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1905–61, Swedish statesman: Secretary General of the United Nations 1953–61; Nobel Peace Prize 1961.
- hand-holding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
- harold stark — Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- hood molding — a molding or dripstone over a door or window.
- householders — Plural form of householder.
- humboldt bay — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in NW California.
- in old money — according to the old system
- land-holding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- leopoldville — former name of Kinshasa.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- medal-holder — a person who has won a medal
- molded depth — the depth of a vessel at the broadest transverse section from the top of the keel to the upper side of the main deck beam at the side.
- nordenskjold — Baron Nils Adolf Erik [nils ah-dawlf ey-rik] /nɪls ˈɑ dɔlf ˈeɪ rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1832–1901, Swedish arctic explorer, geographer, and geologist; born in Finland.
- officeholder — a person filling a governmental position; public official.
- old believer — Raskolnik.
- old catholic — a member of any of several European churches professing to be truly Catholic but rejecting certain modern Roman Catholic doctrines, dogmas, and practices, especially the dogma of papal infallibility.
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
- old dominion — the state of Virginia (used as a nickname).
- old faithful — one of the best known geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- old identity — a person known for a long time in the one locality
- old mine cut — a brilliant cut, common in the 19th century, retaining a relatively high proportion of the original stone and having a large culet and small table compared to modern brilliants.
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- old slavonic — Old Church Slavonic.
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- overboldness — The state or fact of being too bold; audacity.
- overwithhold — to withhold too much.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- recordholder — a person or thing recognized for the accomplishment of a feat to a better or greater degree than any other.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ripe old age — advanced age
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.