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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
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