8-letter words containing old
- goldsize — an adhesive used to fix gold leaf to a surface
- goldtone — gold-coloured
- goldwork — work produced by a goldsmith.
- good old — You use good old before the name of a person, place, or thing when you are referring to them in an affectionate way.
- griswold — Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
- handhold — a grip with the hand or hands.
- harold i — ("Harefoot") died 1040, king of England 1035–40 (son of Canute).
- hold 'em — a form of poker in which each player is dealt two cards face down and then makes the best five-card hand by combining these with three of five communal cards that are dealt to the center of the table.
- hold for — to apply or be relevant to
- hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hold out — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hold-out — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdable — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdalls — Plural form of holdall.
- holdback — the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
- holddown — a clamp for holding a metal piece, as a sheet being deep-drawn, to prevent distortion or movement.
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- holdings — An area of land held by lease.
- holdless — (climbing) Without holds (footholds and handholds).
- holdouts — Plural form of holdout.
- holdover — a person or thing remaining from a former period.
- humboldt — Friedrich Heinrich Alexander [free-drikh hahyn-rikh ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈfri drɪx ˈhaɪn rɪx ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.
- ice-cold — cold as ice: Her feet were ice-cold.
- icy cold — very cold
- imbolden — embolden.
- impolder — to make into a polder; reclaim (land) from the sea
- infolded — Simple past tense and past participle of infold.
- inholder — An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.
- koldewey — Robert [rob-ert;; German roh-bert] /ˈrɒb ərt;; German ˈroʊ bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1925, German archaeologist.
- korngold — Erich Wolfgang [er-ik woo lf-gang;; German ey-rikh vawlf-gahng] /ˈɛr ɪk ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈeɪ rɪx ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Austrian composer, conductor, and pianist in the U.S.
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- lifehold — Land held by a life estate.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- moldable — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- moldavia — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- moldered — Simple past tense and past participle of molder.
- moldings — Plural form of molding.
- moldovan — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- nailfold — the fold of skin at the base of the fingernail
- neckmold — Alt form neckmould.
- ninefold — nine times as great or as much.
- old adam — (in Christian theology) human nature lacking in grace; humans in their unredeemed state.
- old bill — a policeman
- old bird — Some people use the phrase old bird to refer to someone and say what they are like.
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- old chum — a person who is experienced, esp in life in colonial Australia
- old days — a past era