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- vicar apostolic1 tract house2 revolutionary group3
- 1 a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area
2 one of many houses of similar design constructed together on a tract of land
3 a political unit organized to promote revolution - Boston Tea Party1 Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier2 clock tower3
- 1 demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea
2 French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
3 a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face - endocrine system1 adrenal cortex2 sacrifice3
- 1 the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity
2 the cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones
3 a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value - stateliness1 broadside2 incubation3
- 1 impressiveness in scale or proportion
2 the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
3 maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development - obliteration1 axiom2 turban3
- 1 destruction by annihilating something
2 a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
3 a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head - spout1 celebrity2 option3
- 1 an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain
2 a widely known person
3 the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited - moderator1 transition2 descending colon3
- 1 in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly
2 the act of passing from one state or place to the next
3 the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon - pass1 fisherman's lure2 Nonconformist3
- 1 a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
2 (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers
3 a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England - Old North State1 extortion2 white magic3
- 1 a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies
2 an exorbitant charge
3 magic used only for good purposes - Rift Valley fever1 response2 clemency3
- 1 an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals
2 a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
3 good weather with comfortable temperatures - river boulder1 slate pencil2 abduction3
- 1 a boulder that has been carried by a river to a place remote from its place of origin
2 a pencil of soft slate (or soapstone) used for writing on a slate
3 (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body - upper respiratory tract1 observation dome2 link3
- 1 the nose and throat and trachea
2 lookout consisting of a dome-shaped observatory
3 an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data - point1 plate2 chamberlain3
- 1 a brief version of the essential meaning of something
2 a main course served on a plate
3 the treasurer of a municipal corporation - drift1 turquoise2 Argentine monetary unit3
- 1 a process of linguistic change over a period of time
2 a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
3 monetary unit in Argentina - James Bay1 terrorist attack2 moderator3
- 1 the southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario
2 a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims
3 someone who presides over a forum or debate - mason's level1 guided missile2 hospital bed3
- 1 a level longer than a carpenter's level
2 a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
3 a single bed with a frame in three sections so the head or middle or foot can be raised as required - bed1 grass widower2 wire glass3
- 1 the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
2 a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife
3 a glass that contains a layer of wire netting in it - deck1 venous sinus2 North American Free Trade Agreement3
- 1 any of various platforms built into a vessel
2 a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel
3 an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years - suite1 medical specialty2 fair hearing3
- 1 a matching set of furniture
2 the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
3 a hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits) - oat1 lion cub2 winner3
- 1 annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
2 a young lion
3 the contestant who wins the contest
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