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3 letters

HAS

OWN
Have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

4 letters

STOW
Fill by packing tightly; "stow the cart"

FORT
A fortified defensive structure

GOON
An awkward stupid person

ATIT

HAVE
A person who possesses great material wealth

PREC

STAY
Continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

HOLD
The act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"

LAST
Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"

SAVE
Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"

5 letters

HOARD
Get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

6 letters

UPHOLD
Support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"

KEEPON
Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"

LIVING
Still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania"

HOLDON
Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

DONJON
The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

RETAIN
Secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

DETAIN
Cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

7 letters

DUNGEON
A dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined

OBSERVE
Watch attentively; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals"

SUPPORT
Documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones"

LEAVEIN

SUSTAIN
Provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

RESERVE
Formality and propriety of manner

PROCEED
Continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"

PREVENT
Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"

GOALONG
Cooperate or pretend to cooperate; "He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment"

8 letters

WITHHOLD
Hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"

HOLDOPEN
Retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"

KEEPOPEN
Retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"

CONTINUE
Continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"

HOLDBACK
Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"

KEEPBACK
Secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

RESTRAIN
Keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"

PRESERVE
Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

CONSERVE
Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

HOLDONTO

HANGONTO

FORTRESS
A fortified defensive structure

MAINTAIN
Support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"

9 letters

STAYFRESH
Fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time"

CELEBRATE
Assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"

SAFEGUARD
A precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"

10 letters

LIVELIHOOD
The financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"

SUSTENANCE
The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"

STRONGHOLD
A strongly fortified defensive structure

11 letters

SUBSISTENCE
The state of existing in reality; having substance

14 letters

BREADANDBUTTER
The financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"