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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
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