8-Letter Words Starting: HOL

• obtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic matter

• Restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)

• The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.

• The strap or part of the harness so used.

• A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.

• A day declared free from work by the state or government.

• A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.

• A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).

• A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.

• A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.

• in a hollow manner

• the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made

• an official who remains in office after his term

• something that has survived from the past

• leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

• a day on which work is suspended by law or custom

• spend or take a vacation