8-letter words starting with th
- the fall — Adam's sin of disobedience and the state of innate sinfulness ensuing from this for himself and all mankind
- the fens — a flat low-lying area of E England, west and south of the Wash: consisted of marshes until reclaimed in the 17th to 19th centuries
- the flag — (in Victoria, Australia) the Australian Rules premiership
- the flat — flat racing, esp as opposed to steeplechasing and hurdling
- the flop — the first three community cards dealt face-up in a round of any of several varieties of poker, including Texas hold 'em
- the fuzz — a policeman or the police
- the game — charades
- the ghan — the train connecting Adelaide and Alice Springs
- the goat — the constellation Capricorn, the tenth sign of the zodiac
- the good — those who are good
- the grid — the national network of transmission lines, pipes, etc, by which electricity, gas, or water is distributed
- the gulf — the Persian Gulf or the surrounding region
- the halt — those who are lame; cripples
- the harp — the constellation Lyra
- the heat — the police
- the heck — You use the heck in expressions such as 'what the heck' and 'how the heck' in order to emphasize a question, especially when you are puzzled or annoyed.
- the hell — People sometimes use the hell for emphasis in questions, after words such as 'what', 'where', and 'why', often in order to express anger.
- the hill — Capitol Hill
- the hole — solitary confinement; also, a cell used for solitary confinement
- the holy — a sacred place
- the horn — the telephone
- the hots — intense sexual desire; lust (esp in the phrase have the hots for someone)
- the hour — an exact number of complete hours
- the hump — a fit of depression or sulking (esp in the phrase it gives me the hump)
- the itch — any of various skin disorders accompanied by severe irritation of the skin, as scabies
- the jack — venereal disease
- the jaws — a dangerously close position
- the joes — a fit of depression
- the kirk — the Presbyterian Church of Scotland
- the lamb — a title given to Christ in the New Testament
- the last — the final moment
- the life — prostitution as a trade
- the like — similar things
- the lion — the constellation Leo, the fifth sign of the zodiac
- the loop — the main business and shopping district in downtown Chicago
- the lump — self-employed workers in the building trade considered collectively, esp with reference to tax and national insurance evasion
- the lyre — the constellation Lyra
- the maid — Joan of Arc
- the manx — the people of the Isle of Man
- the many — the majority of mankind, esp the common people
- the mark — the middle of the stomach at or above the line made by the boxer's trunks
- the morn — tomorrow
- the most — more than any other
- the navy — the branch of a country's armed services comprising such ships, their crews, and all their supporting services and equipment
- the news — current affairs reporting
- the niña — one of the three ships commanded by Columbus in 1492
- the nine — the nine Muses
- the oaks — a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779: one of the classics of English flat racing
- the only — being single or very few in number
- the open — any wide or unobstructed space or expanse, esp of land or water