9-letter words containing t, h, e, s
- the ropes — the fence made of rope that is around the edge of the area where a boxing or wrestling match takes place
- the rules — the neighbourhood around certain prisons (esp the Fleet and King's Bench prison) in which trusted prisoners were allowed to live under specified restrictions
- the salii — a group of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century ad and later conquered large areas of Gaul, esp in the north
- the score — the actual situation; the true facts
- the scrub — a remote place, esp one where contact with people can be avoided
- the shits — diarrhoea
- the sidhe — the inhabitants of fairyland; fairies
- the small — an object, person, or group considered to be small
- the sound — a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand (Denmark), linking the Kattegat with the Baltic: busy shipping lane; spanned by a bridge in 2000. Length of the strait: 113 km (70 miles). Narrowest point: 5 km (3 miles)
- the south — any area lying in or towards the south
- the stage — the theatre as a profession
- the stake — a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
- the stans — a region in Central Asia that consists of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan
- the strap — a beating with a strap as a punishment
- the sudan — a region stretching across Africa south of the Sahara and north of the tropical zone: inhabited chiefly by Negroid tribes rather than Arabs
- the swanz — the women's international soccer team of New Zealand
- the swiss — the people of Switzerland
- the sword — violence, warfare
- the trots — diarrhoea
- the twins — the constellation Gemini, the third sign of the zodiac
- the twist — a modern dance popular in the 1960s, in which couples vigorously twist the hips in time to rhythmic music
- the usual — the habitual or usual drink, meal, etc
- the waves — the sea
- the welsh — the natives or inhabitants of Wales collectively
- the wolds — a range of chalk hills in NE England: consists of the Yorkshire Wolds to the north, separated from the Lincolnshire Wolds by the Humber estuary
- the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- the worst — the least good or most inferior person, thing, or part in a group, narrative, etc
- the-bends — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- the-birds — a comedy (414 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- the-downs — a range of low ridges in S and SW England.
- the-miser — a comedy (1668) by Molière.
- the-wasps — a satirical comedy (422 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- theaceous — belonging to the Theaceae, the tea family of plants.
- theatrics — (used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.
- theftuous — (of a person) tending to commit theft
- themeless — a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- theodosia — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “god-given.”.
- theorised — to form a theory or theories.
- theosophy — any of various forms of philosophical or religious thought based on a mystical insight into the divine nature.
- theotokos — a title of the Virgin Mary as the Mother of the incarnate Son of God.
- therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- thereness — the quality of having existence or of being there
- thermoset — a material, esp a synthetic plastic or resin, that hardens permanently after one application of heat and pressure
- thersites — (in the Iliad) a Greek who accused Agamemnon of greed and Achilles of cowardice during the Trojan War.
- thesaural — relating to a thesaurus
- thesaurus — a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms, such as the online Thesaurus.com.
- thessalía — Thessaly
- theurgist — a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.