10-letter words containing old
- gas holder — A gas holder is a large, low-pressure container for gas.
- gasholders — Plural form of gasholder.
- gold basis — a gold standard as a basis for prices.
- gold braid — a gold-coloured braid which is used to decorate uniforms
- gold brick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- gold coast — a former British territory in W Africa; now a part of Ghana.
- gold fever — greed and excitement caused by a gold rush.
- gold field — an area or district where gold is mined.
- gold medal — a medal, traditionally of gold or gold color, awarded to a person or team finishing first in a competition, meet, or tournament; championship medal.
- gold plate — a thin coating of gold, usually produced by electroplating
- gold point — the point at which it is equally expensive to buy, sell, export, import, or exchange gold in adjustment of foreign claims or counterclaims.
- gold stick — the gilded rod carried on state occasions by certain members of the royal household.
- gold-plate — to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
- golda meir — Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- goldbeater — a person who pounds gold into thin leaves for use in gilding
- goldberger — Joseph, 1874–1929, U.S. physician, born in Austria: discovered the cause of and treatment for pellagra.
- golddigger — Alternative spelling of gold digger.
- golden age — the most flourishing period in the history of a nation, literature, etc.
- golden boy — a man or boy who is especially popular and successful
- goldeneyes — Plural form of goldeneye.
- goldenness — The quality of being golden.
- goldenrods — Plural form of goldenrod.
- goldenseal — a plant, Hydrastis canadensis, of the buttercup family, having a thick yellow rootstock.
- goldfields — any of several Californian, composite herbs of the genus Lasthenia, having yellow flowers.
- goldfishes — Plural form of goldfish.
- goldilocks — (used with a singular verb) a person with golden hair.
- goldplated — to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
- goldsmiths — Plural form of goldsmith.
- goldthread — a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
- goldwasser — a liqueur flavored with spices, figs, lemons, and herbs, and having minute flakes of gold leaf in suspension.
- goldwynism — a phrase or statement involving a humorous and supposedly unintentional misuse of idiom, as “Keep a stiff upper chin,” especially such a statement attributed to Samuel Goldwyn, as “Include me out.”.
- green mold — blue mold (def 1).
- harold iii — (Harold Hardrada) 1015–66, king of Norway 1045–66.
- hold court — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- hold forth — 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 hands — clasp each another's hand
- hold on to — grasp, clutch
- hold still — If you hold still, you do not move.
- hold tight — grasp firmly
- hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
- households — Plural form of household.
- infoldings — Plural form of infolding.
- inholdings — Plural form of inholding.
- jobholders — Plural form of jobholder.
- lampholder — a fixture for an electric light bulb
- landholder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- leaseholds — Plural form of leasehold.
- leopold ii — 1747–92, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1790–92 (son of Francis I; brother of Joseph II and Marie Antoinette).
- lienholder — a person who has a lien on particular property.