8-letter words containing old
- old face — a type style that originated in the 18th century, characterized by little contrast between thick and thin strokes
- old fart — fart (def 2).
- old fogy — a person who is excessively old-fashioned in attitude, ideas, manners, etc.
- old girl — Chiefly British. a former student at a girl's school, especially a preparatory school.
- old goat — an elderly man who is disliked, especially for being mean to or disapproving of younger people.
- old gold — a color ranging in hue from medium yellow to light olive brown.
- old hand — a person who is experienced in or familiar with a subject, area, procedure, etc.: The guide you just hired is an old hand at leading safaris.
- old lady — a mother, usually one's own.
- old maid — Disparaging and Offensive. an elderly or confirmed spinster.
- old moon — waning moon.
- old nick — the devil; Satan.
- old rose — rose color with a purplish or grayish cast.
- old shoe — a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle Will is a lovable old shoe.
- old stoa — the earliest phase of Stoicism, lasting from the latter part of the 4th century to the early part of the 3rd century b.c.
- old talk — (chat) The old implementations of talk. See "ntalk" for details.
- old west — the western region of the U.S., especially in the frontier period of the 19th century.
- old-line — following or supporting conservative or traditional ideas, beliefs, customs, etc.
- old-shoe — a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle Will is a lovable old shoe.
- old-time — belonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc.: old-time sailing ships; an old-time piano player.
- oldening — Present participle of olden.
- oldfield — Berna Eli [bur-nuh] /ˈbɜr nə/ (Show IPA), ("Barney") 1878–1946, U.S. racing-car driver.
- oldskool — Adhering to an original field of practice.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- oldsquaw — A marine diving duck that breeds in Arctic Eurasia and North America, the male having very long tail feathers and mainly white plumage in winter.
- oldsters — Plural form of oldster.
- oldtimer — An elderly person.
- out cold — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- outscold — to outdo in scolding
- overbold — Excessively bold.
- overcold — too cold
- overfold — a fold in which one or both limbs have been inclined more than 90° from their original orientation
- overhold — to value too highly
- oversold — simple past tense and past participle of oversell.
- reinhold — a male given name.
- resolder — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- reynolds — a male given name, form of Reginald.
- roothold — attachment of a plant to soil by means of its roots; support of a plant through the growing and spreading of its roots.
- scaffold — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scolding — a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- semibold — denoting a weight of typeface between medium and bold face
- snowmold — a fungus disease of grasses and grains, appearing in lawns as gray patches near the edge of melting snow
- sold out — having all tickets sold, as for a performance or engagement.
- sold-out — having all tickets sold, as for a performance or engagement.
- soldered — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- solderer — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- soldiery — soldiers collectively.
- ten-fold — comprising ten parts or members.
- theobold — Lewis, 1688–1744, English author.
- two-fold — a unit of stage scenery consisting of two flats hinged together.
- unmolded — to take out of a mold: to unmold a gelatin dessert.