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Word Pyramids: World Countries XVII
In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!!
Starting letter: E
Clues:
1. The chemical symbol for a rare, dense, silvery-white metallic element with a very high melting point used for electrical contacts and with tungsten for high-temperature thermocouples.
2. A period of time as reckoned from a specific date serving as the basis of its chronological system.
3. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument.
4. To expunge, efface, delete, or cancel.
5. An advertisement that attracts customers by offering something extra or free.
6. An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe.
7. United Arab -------- borders two other countries and two gulfs.
Starting letter: E
Clues:
1. The chemical symbol for a rare, dense, silvery-white metallic element with a very high melting point used for electrical contacts and with tungsten for high-temperature thermocouples.
2. A period of time as reckoned from a specific date serving as the basis of its chronological system.
3. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument.
4. To expunge, efface, delete, or cancel.
5. An advertisement that attracts customers by offering something extra or free.
6. An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe.
7. United Arab -------- borders two other countries and two gulfs.
Hint
A country of eastern Arabia, a federation of seven sheikdoms on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.Answer
ERE
ERA
SEAR
ERASE
TEASER
STEAMER
EMIRATES
Converted to Islam in the 7th century, United Arab Emirates later became a base for pirates and was known as the Pirate Coast into the 19th century. The British signed a series of truces with the ruling sheiks between 1820 and 1892, and the area became known as the Trucial States or Trucial Oman. After World War II Britain granted internal autonomy to the sheikdoms or emirates, with the United Arab Emirates being formed in 1971 after Britain withdrew from the area completely.
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