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Short crossword clues Aug 2018 Flashcards

1
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Samovar

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A samovar is a heated metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water in Russia

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Yashmak

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a veil concealing all of the face except the eyes, worn by some Muslim women in public

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Catarrh

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excessive discharge or build-up of mucus in the nose or throat, associated with inflammation of the mucous membrane.

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4
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Erne

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the sea eagle

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Layette

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a set of clothing, bedclothes, and sometimes toiletries for a newborn child.

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Triple Sec

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Orange flavoured

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Arum

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Cuckoo pint (flower)

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Epee

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Sword

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Iceni

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Tribe from Norfolk

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Ilium

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largest part of the hip bone

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11
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Conger

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Type of large eel

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12
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Cap-a-pie

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From head to toe

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Skiff

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a light rowing boat or sculling boat, typically for one person.

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14
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Quito

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capital city of Ecuador

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Serge

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type of twill fabric that has diagonal lines or ridges on both sides

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Assizes

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a court which formerly sat at intervals in each county of England and Wales to administer the civil and criminal law. In 1972 the civil jurisdiction of assizes was transferred to the High Court, and the criminal jurisdiction to the Crown Court

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Tiree

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most westerly island of the Inner Hebrides

18
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Oast

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kiln used for drying hops

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Eremite

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a Christian hermit or recluse

20
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Esurient

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hungry or greedy

21
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Merimee

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important French writer in the school of Romanticism, and one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. Wrote Carmen.

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Col

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lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks

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Mustang

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free-roaming horse of the American west that first descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish

24
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Euchre

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card game

25
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Corot

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French landscape and portrait painter

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Dirk

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long thrusting dagger

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Rhone

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historic river of Switzerland and France and one of the most significant waterways of Europe

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Rhea

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Titaness daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus as well as sister and wife to Cronus

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Garnet

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precious stone consisting of a deep red vitreous silicate mineral

30
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Gentian

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Blue flower; Many beverages are made with gentian root. Gentiana lutea is used to produce gentian, a distilled beverage produced in the Alps

31
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Euterpe

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Muse of music

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