8-letter words starting with the
- the skaw — a cape at the N tip of Denmark
- the smit — an infection
- the soil — life and work on a farm; land
- the swan — the constellation Cygnus
- the taal — language: usually, by implication, Afrikaans
- the tomb — death
- the tube — an underground railway system
- the turf — a track, usually of grass or dirt, where horse races are run
- the turn — the fourth community card to be dealt face-up in a round of Texas hold ’em
- the vast — immense or boundless space
- the veil — the life of a nun in a religious order and the obligations entailed by it
- the waca — this Association's cricket ground in Perth
- the wain — Charles's Wain
- the wash — a shallow inlet of the North Sea on the E coast of England, between Lincolnshire and Norfolk
- the weed — tobacco
- the west — any area lying in or towards the west
- the wild — a free natural state of living
- the word — the proper or most fitting expression
- the yard — Scotland Yard
- the yeas — the votes in favour of something
- the yips — (in golf) nervous twitching or tension that destroys concentration and spoils performance
- thearchy — the rule or government of God or of a god.
- theatine — a member of a congregation of regular clerics, founded in Italy in 1524 to combat Protestantism and promote higher morality among Roman Catholics.
- theatral — of or relating to the theatre
- theatric — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
- thebaine — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 19 H 21 NO 3 , present in opium in small quantities, but having a strychninelike rather than a narcotic effect.
- theistic — the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- thelitis — inflammation of the nipple.
- thematic — of or relating to a theme.
- themself — Themself is sometimes used instead of 'themselves' when it clearly refers to a singular subject. Some people consider this use to be incorrect.
- theobald — Lewis, 1688–1744, English author.
- theobold — Lewis, 1688–1744, English author.
- theocrat — a person who rules, governs as a representative of God or a deity, or is a member of the ruling group in a theocracy, as a divine king or a high priest.
- theodicy — a vindication of the divine attributes, particularly holiness and justice, in establishing or allowing the existence of physical and moral evil.
- theodora — a.d. 508–548, Byzantine empress: consort of Justinian I.
- theodore — pope a.d. 897.
- theogony — the origin of the gods.
- theology — the field of study and analysis that treats of God and of God's attributes and relations to the universe; study of divine things or religious truth; divinity.
- theonomy — the state of an individual or society that regards its own nature and norms as being in accord with the divine nature.
- theorell — Axel Hugo Teodor [ahk-suh l hoo-goh te-oh-dawr] /ˈɑk səl ˈhu goʊ ˈtɛ oʊˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1903–82, Swedish biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1955.
- theories — a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- theorise — to form a theory or theories.
- theorist — a person who theorizes.
- theorize — to form a theory or theories.
- therblig — (in time and motion study) any of the basic elements involved in completing a given manual operation or task that can be subjected to analysis.
- therefor — for or in exchange for that or this; for it: a refund therefor.
- theremin — a musical instrument with electronic tone generation, the pitch and tone volume being controlled by the distance between the player's hands and two metal rods serving as antennas.
- thermals — Also, thermic. of, relating to, or caused by heat or temperature: thermal capacity.
- thermate — a mixture of thermite and other oxidizing agents used as filling for incendiary munitions.
- thermion — an ion emitted by incandescent material.