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12-letter words containing the

  • the almighty — God
  • the analects — a collection of Confucius' teachings
  • the ancients — the people who lived in ancient times
  • the antilles — a group of islands in the Caribbean
  • the ardennes — a wooded plateau in SE Belgium, Luxembourg, and NE France: scene of heavy fighting in both World Wars
  • the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
  • the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14
  • the bereaved — the survivors of a person who has died recently
  • the big city — a city viewed as a place of opportunity compared to small towns or the country
  • the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
  • the big time — great success or fame
  • the blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
  • the bollocks — something excellent
  • the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
  • the business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • the cenotaph — the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
  • the cenozoic — the Cenozoic era
  • the classics — a body of literature regarded as great or lasting, esp that of ancient Greece or Rome
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • the conquest — the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
  • the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
  • the creature — whiskey or other intoxicating liquor
  • the crescent — the emblem of Islam or Turkey
  • the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
  • the deceased — the dead person or persons
  • the demerara — a river in Guyana, rising in the central forest area and flowing north to the Atlantic at Georgetown. Length: 346 km (215 miles)
  • the departed — the dead person or dead persons
  • the devonian — the Devonian period or rock system
  • the dingbats — delirium tremens
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the distance — the most distant or a faraway part of the visible scene or landscape
  • the divinity — God
  • the dustheap — obscurity or oblivion
  • the east end — a densely populated part of E London containing former industrial and dock areas, now extensively redeveloped for offices
  • the eighties — the numbers 80–89 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the elements — the first or basic principles; rudiments
  • the evil one — the devil; Satan
  • the fair sex — women collectively
  • the faithful — the believers in and loyal adherents of a religious faith, esp Christianity
  • the far east — the countries of E Asia, usually including China, Japan, North and South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines: sometimes extended to include all territories east of Afghanistan
  • the far left — the more extreme supporters or advocates of social, political, or economic change, reform, or revolution designed to promote the greater freedom, power, welfare, or comfort of the common people
  • the far west — the area of the United States west of the Great Plains
  • the flickers — the cinema
  • the frizzies — the condition of having frizzy hair
  • the galilean — an epithet of Jesus Christ
  • the go-ahead — permission to proceed
  • the good oil — true or reliable facts, information, etc
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