Anagrams of: HOLDINGPEN

• an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

• large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)

• any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises

• electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

• (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

• electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear

• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

• the act of retaining something

• something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

• a specific instance of feeling hopeful

• United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)

• the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled

• grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

• someone (or something) on which expectations are centered

• one of the three Christian virtues

• expect and wish

• be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes

• intend with some possibility of fulfilment

• a small puncture that might have been made by a pin

• electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

• (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

• electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear

• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

• make a deposition; declare under oath