12-letter words starting with th
- 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
- the greatest — an exceptional person
- the hebrides — a group of over 500 islands off the W coast of Scotland: separated by the North Minch, Little Minch, and the Sea of the Hebrides: the chief islands are Skye, Raasay, Rum, Eigg, Coll, Tiree, Mull, Jura, Colonsay, and Islay (Inner Hebrides), and Lewis with Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra (Outer Hebrides)
- the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
- the highveld — the high-altitude grassland region of E South Africa
- the holocene — the Holocene epoch or rock series
- the holy one — God
- the homeless — those typically poor or sometimes mentally ill people who are unable to maintain a place to live and therefore often may sleep in the streets, parks, etc.
- the hoppings — an annual fair in Newcastle
- the hot seat — If you are in the hot seat, you are responsible for making important and difficult decisions.
- the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
- the ignition — the devices used to ignite the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
- the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
- the interior — the domestic or internal affairs of any of certain countries
- the internet — the single worldwide computer network that interconnects other computer networks, on which end-user services, such as World Wide Web sites or data archives, are located, enabling data and other information to be exchanged
- the jazz age — (esp in the US) the period between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Depression during which jazz became popular
- the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
- the kalahari — an extensive arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles)
- the kootenay — a lake in British Columbia: fed chiefly by the Kootenay; drains into the Columbia River
- the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- the mainland — a particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
- the mesozoic — the Mesozoic era
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- the military — the armed services (esp the army)
- the monsoons — the monsoon rains
- the monument — a tall columnar building designed (1671) by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Fire of London (1666), which destroyed a large part of the medieval city
- the mountain — an extremist faction during the French Revolution led by Danton and Robespierre
- the munchies — a craving for food, esp when induced by alcohol or drugs
- the nativity — the birth of Jesus
- the nazarene — Jesus
- the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
- the new look — a fashion in women's clothes introduced in 1947, characterized by long full skirts
- the new wave — a movement in the French cinema of the 1960s, led by such directors as Godard, Truffaut, and Resnais, characterized by a fluid use of the camera and an abandonment of traditional editing techniques