13-letter words starting with th
- the foregoing — the one or ones previously mentioned
- the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
- the good life — If you say that someone is living the good life, you mean that they are living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries.
- the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
- the heavy mob — a group of heavies or enforcers
- the hell with — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- the heptarchy — the supposed confederacy of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
- the hermitage — an art museum in St Petersburg, originally a palace built by Catherine the Great
- the high jump — an athletic event in which a competitor has to jump over a high bar set between two vertical supports
- the high road — the principal road from one place to another
- the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
- the himalayas — a vast mountain system in S Asia, extending 2400 km (1500 miles) from Kashmir (west) to Assam (east), between the valleys of the Rivers Indus and Brahmaputra: covers most of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and the S edge of Tibet; the highest range in the world, with several peaks over 7500 m (25 000 ft). Highest peak: Mount Everest, 8848 m (29 028 ft)
- the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
- the hué river — a river in central Vietnam that crosses the port of Hué
- the hyperreal — that which constitutes hyperreality
- the invisible — God
- the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
- the jig is up — that ends it; all chances for success are gone
- the last word — final retort
- the levellers — a radical group on the Parliamentarian side during the Civil War that advocated republicanism, freedom of worship, etc
- the limelight — a position of public attention or notice (esp in the phrase in the limelight)
- the long term — the time some years ahead, (as opposed to the immediate future)
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- the multitude — the common people
- the naked eye — If you say that something cannot be seen by the naked eye, you mean that it cannot be seen without the help of equipment such as a telescope or microscope.
- the narrative — the part of a literary work that relates events
- the necessary — the money required for a particular purpose
- the neolithic — the Neolithic period; New Stone Age
- the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
- the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
- the night sky — the sky as it appears at night time
- the noble art — boxing
- the northeast — any area lying in or towards this direction
- the northwest — any area lying in or towards this direction
- the offensive — an attitude or position of aggression
- the oligocene — the Oligocene epoch or rock series
- the oppressed — people who are subjugated by cruelty, force, etc
- the other day — several days ago
- the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
- the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
- the paleozoic — the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
- the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
- the pants off — If someone bores, charms, or scares the pants off you, for example, they bore, charm, or scare you a lot.
- the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
- the potteries — a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- the rastafari — Rastafarians collectively
- the real deal — a person or thing seen as being authentic and not inferior in any way
- the ryder cup — the trophy awarded in a professional golfing competition between teams representing Europe and the US