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Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition..

Thimbleful :: Thimbleful (n.) As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.

Cohesive :: Cohesive (a.) Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force..

Domesticity :: Domesticity (n.) The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life.

Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

Teacupful :: Teacupful (n.) As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.

Idiot :: Idiot (n.) A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office..

Holdback :: Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

Inherit :: Inherit (v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance..

Evolutionist :: Evolutionist (n.) one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics..

Fortifier :: Fortifier (n.) One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, or upholds..

Unhold :: Unhold (v. t.) To cease to hold; to unhand; to release.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition..

Mesne :: Mesne (a.) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord..

Commendatory :: Commendatory (a.) Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop..

Statesmanlike :: Statesman (n.) A small landholder.

Tenant :: Tenant (v. t.) To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant..

Receiver :: Receiver (n.) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases..

Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place..

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