hostage /hosˈtij/

A person kept prisoner by an enemy as security

hostages to fortune

1. The people or things one values most (from Bacon's essay Of Marriage and Single Life)
2. Hence, things of which the loss would be particularly painful
3. (in sing) a remark that might expose one to attack in the future

• sea grass
• sea green
• sea-green
• sea-green incorruptible
• sea greens
• seagull
• seagulls
• sea haar
• sea haars
• sea hare
• sea hares
• seahawk
• seahawks
• sea heath
• sea heaths
• Shrimati
• shrimp
• shrimped
• shrimper
• shrimpers
• shrimpier
• shrimpiest
• shrimping
• shrimpings
• shrimp net