tenterhook

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ten=ter=hook

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tenterhook, n. any of the hooks to which cloth is fastened on a tenter.

Idiom

on tenterhooks in a state of suspense or mental agitation due to uncertainty.

ROGET THESAURUS

tenterhook

Pendency

N pendency, dependency, suspension, hanging, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum, hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook, fastening, spar, horse, pendent, pendulous, pensile, hanging, beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting, dependent, suspended, loose, flowing, having a peduncle, pedunculate, tailed, caudate.