8-letter words containing th
- bee moth — any of various pyralid moths, such as the wax moth, whose larvae live in the nests of bees or wasps, feeding on nest materials and host larvae
- behemoth — If you refer to something as a behemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage.
- benthoal — relating to deep-sea plants and animals
- bequeath — If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die.
- berthage — a place for mooring boats
- berthing — a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- besmooth — to smooth
- besoothe — to soothe
- beth din — a rabbinical court, consisting of at least three dayanim, and having authority over such matters as divorce and conversion and other communal ecclesiastical matters such as Kashruth. It may also try civil disputes with the consent of both parties
- bethesda — a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers, where a paralysed man was healed by Jesus (John 5:2)
- bethpage — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- bethrall — to make a slave of
- bethwack — to strike hard with a flat object
- beyrouth — Beirut.
- biathlon — a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course
- bigmouth — a noisy, indiscreet, or boastful person
- birdbath — a small basin or trough for birds to bathe in, usually in a garden
- birthday — Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born.
- birthing — Birthing means relating to or used during the process of giving birth.
- bithynia — an ancient country on the Black Sea in NW Asia Minor
- blithely — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- boathook — a pole with a hook at one end, used aboard a vessel for fending off other vessels or obstacles or for catching a line or mooring buoy
- boethian — Anicius Manlius Severinus [uh-nish-ee-uh s man-lee-uh s sev-uh-rahy-nuh s] /əˈnɪʃ i əs ˈmæn li əs ˌsɛv əˈraɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 475?–525? Roman philosopher and statesman.
- boethius — Anicius Manlius Severinus (əˈnɪsɪəs ˈmænlɪəs ˌsɛvəˈraɪnəs). ?480–?524 ad, Roman philosopher and statesman, noted particularly for his work De Consolatione Philosophiae. He was accused of treason and executed by Theodoric
- bolthead — the head of a bolt
- bolthole — a place of escape from danger
- bootheel — an area of SE Missouri where the Missouri-Arkansas border dips southward forming a rectangular-shaped extension of the state.
- boothose — a protective stocking or boot liner fashionable in the 17th century
- bosthoon — a boor
- bothered — worried or concerned
- bothrium — one of two groove-shaped suckers on the scolex of a tapeworm
- bothwell — Earl of, title of James Hepburn. 1535–78, Scottish nobleman; third husband of Mary Queen of Scots. He is generally considered to have instigated the murder of Darnley (1567)
- bothyman — a person who lives in a bothy
- boxthorn — matrimony vine
- breathed — relating to or denoting a speech sound for whose articulation the vocal cords are not made to vibrate
- breather — If you take a breather, you stop what you are doing for a short time and have a rest.
- breathes — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- brethren — You can refer to the members of a particular organization or group, especially a religious group, as brethren.
- but that — about the fact that
- but then — You use but then before a remark which suggests that what you have just said should not be regarded as surprising.
- butthead — a stupid person
- butthole — anus.
- butthurt — mental distress or irritation caused by an overreaction to a perceived personal slight, a bad outcome, etc.
- by birth — If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France.
- calanthe — any of various orchids of the genus Calanthe of the family Orchidaceae, found in tropical areas and having long-lasting yellow, white, or pink flowers
- calathea — any plant of the S. American perennial genus Calathea, many species of which are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative variegated leaves, esp the zebra plant (C. zebrina), the leaves of which are purplish below and dark green with lighter stripes above: family Marantaceae
- calathus — a vase-shaped basket represented in ancient Greek art, used as a symbol of fruitfulness
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- canthook — a wooden pole with a blunt steel tip and an adjustable hook at one end, used for handling logs
- carthage — an ancient city state, on the N African coast near present-day Tunis. Founded about 800 bc by Phoenician traders, it grew into an empire dominating N Africa and the Mediterranean. Destroyed and then rebuilt by Rome, it was finally razed by the Arabs in 697 ad