8-letter words starting with th
- threnody — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- threshel — a flail or a tool for threshing corn
- thresher — a person or thing that threshes.
- thridace — a sedative made from lettuce juice
- thrilled — to affect with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, as to produce a tremor or tingling sensation through the body.
- thriller — a person or thing that thrills.
- thrivers — to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- thriving — to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- throated — having a throat of a specified kind (usually used in combination): a yellow-throated warbler.
- throbbed — to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- throbber — to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- thrombin — an enzyme of the blood plasma that catalyzes the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin, the last step of the blood clotting process.
- thrombo- — indicating a blood clot
- thrombus — a fibrinous clot that forms in and obstructs a blood vessel, or that forms in one of the chambers of the heart.
- thronner — a person who is good at doing odd jobs
- thropple — the windpipe or throat
- throstle — British (chiefly Literary) . the song thrush.
- throttle — Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
- throw in — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- throw on — clothing: put on hastily
- throw up — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- throwing — the act of projecting or casting (something) through the air, esp with a rapid motion of the arm and wrist
- thru-put — the quantity or amount of raw material processed within a given time, especially the work done by an electronic computer in a given period of time.
- thruster — a person or thing that thrusts.
- thudding — a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.
- thuggery — a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
- thuggish — a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
- thumbing — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- thumbkin — thumbscrew (def 2).
- thumbnut — wing nut.
- thumbpot — a tiny flowerpot
- thumping — of, like, or pertaining to a thump.
- thundery — thunderous.
- thurible — a censer.
- thurifer — a person who carries the thurible in religious ceremonies.
- thurmond — (James) Strom [strom] /strɒm/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, U.S. politician.
- thurrock — unitary authority in Essex, SE England, on the N of the Thames River. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- thursday — the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. Abbreviation: Th., Thur., Thurs.
- thurston — a male given name: from a Scandinavian word meaning “Thor's stone.”.
- thus far — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- thusness — the state or quality of being thus or in a certain manner
- thuswise — in this way; thus
- thutmose — flourished c1475 b.c, Egyptian ruler: conqueror of the Middle East.
- thwartly — sideways or crosswise
- thyatira — ancient name of Akhisar.
- thyestes — the brother of Atreus who unknowingly ate the flesh of his own sons when served to him by Atreus.
- thymosin — a hormone, produced by the thymus gland, that promotes the development of T cells from stem cells.
- thyrosis — any condition resulting from abnormal functioning of the thyroid gland.
- thyroxin — Biochemistry. the thyroid gland hormone that regulates the metabolic rate of the body.
- thyrsoid — having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.