8-letter words starting with the
- 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
- the oval — a cricket ground in south London, in the borough of Lambeth
- the park — a soccer pitch
- the past — the period of time or a segment of it that has elapsed
- the pill — a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- the pits — a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground: pits caused by erosion; clay pits.
- the plow — the constellation Ursa Major
- the poky — prison
- the poor — poor, or needy, people collectively
- the push — dismissal, esp from employment
- the rack — an instrument of torture that stretched the body of the victim
- the real — that which exists in fact; reality
- the revs — engine speed, measured in revolutions per minute
- the rich — wealthy people
- the ring — the sport of boxing
- the road — all the cities and towns visited by touring theatrical companies, musicians, etc.
- the rope — a rope, noose, or halter used for hanging
- the rule — the common order of things; normal condition
- the runs — diarrhoea
- the sack — dismissal from employment
- the self — that which is essential to an individual, esp the mind or soul in Cartesian metaphysics; the ego
- the ship — the constellation Argo
- the sick — sick or ill people collectively