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12-letter words starting with th

  • the nineties — the numbers 90–99 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the occident — the Occident. the West; the countries of Europe and America. Western Hemisphere.
  • the old adam — the evil supposedly inherent in human nature
  • the old bill — policemen collectively or in general
  • the old dart — England
  • the old days — the past
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
  • the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
  • the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
  • the pentagon — a five-sided building in Arlington, Va., in which the main offices of the U.S. Department of Defense are located; hence, the U.S. military establishment
  • the pictures — a cinema or film show
  • the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
  • the pointers — the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it
  • the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
  • the preacher — the author of Ecclesiastes or the book of Ecclesiastes
  • the prophets — one of the three major divisions of the Jewish Holy Scriptures, following the Pentateuch and preceding the Hagiographa
  • the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
  • the red army — the Soviet army
  • the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
  • the redeemer — Jesus Christ as having brought redemption to mankind
  • the saltsjön — an inlet of the Baltic Sea in Sweden
  • the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
  • the scottish — the Scots collectively
  • the services — the armed forces
  • the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
  • the shudders — a feeling of horror, repugnance, etc.
  • the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
  • the sniffles — a cold in the head
  • the snuffles — a condition characterized by snuffling
  • the solimões — the Brazilian name for the Amazon from the Peruvian border to the Rio Negro
  • the sorbonne — a part of the University of Paris containing the faculties of science and literature: founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon as a theological college; given to the university in 1808
  • the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
  • the tertiary — the Tertiary period or rock system, divided into Palaeocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs or series
  • the thing is — You say the thing is to introduce an explanation, comment, or opinion, that relates to something that has just been said. The thing is is often used to identify a problem relating to what has just been said.
  • the thirties — the years numbered 30–39 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the three rs — the three skills regarded as the fundamentals of education; reading, writing, and arithmetic
  • the triassic — the Triassic period or rock system
  • the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
  • the twenties — the years numbered 20–29 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the varletry — rabble; mob
  • the west end — a part of W central London containing the main shopping and entertainment areas
  • the whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
  • the wop-wops — the backblocks; the back of beyond
  • the year dot — The year dot is used to mean a very long time ago.
  • the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
  • the-bell-jar — a novel (1963) by Sylvia Plath.
  • the-firebird — a ballet (1910) with music by Stravinsky.
  • the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
  • the-persians — a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
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