"EIGHT"
LXXVIII
seventy-eight
SpaceX rockets are programmed to do this if they veer off course after launch
self-destruct
It means "to conduct criminal proceedings in court against"
prosecute
One of these poems is arranged in 3 lines of 5,
7 &
5 syllables
a haiku
The language called Filipino is based on this one
Tagalog
I could have had this type of internal-combustion engine with 2 opposed banks of 4 cylinders
a V-eight
Bartitsu & krav maga are systems of this
self-defense
"A dictionary of synonyms", words with the same meaning... similar words... interchangeable words...
a thesaurus
The hop & the step are the first parts of this track & field event
the triple jump
Part of the Old Palace of the Malla kings, the Taleju Temple is found in this capital of Nepal
Kathmandu
A 134-pound boxer, or a guy who can't hold his booze
a lightweight
I'm not touching that martini, even though I'd really enjoy it; I'm practicing a bit of this
self-denial
"A person who receives and disposes of stolen goods"
a fence
On Columbus' first voyage, this one of a trio didn't make it back to Spain, having run aground off Hispaniola
the Santa Maria
The center of the nation's film industry, this city is also the capital of India's Maharashtra state
Mumbai
An ice skating move, or a type of knot
a figure eight
I know you're doing it for laughs, but stop being so this, overly modest & critical of yourself, from the Latin for "pray"
self-deprecating
"Needlework done with a needle having a small hook at one end for drawing the...yarn through intertwined loops"
crochet
Of the 3 major varieties of rock, the type that limestone is
sedimentary
At about 1 million square miles, this "stan" is the largest landlocked country in the world
Kazakhstan
Perhaps foreign objects if you weren't around to enjoy music in the 1970s
eight-tracks
It's an action by someone with a fiduciary duty to a corporation that benefits his own bank account, not the corporation
self-dealing
"(Of a disease) having long duration (opposed to acute)"
chronic
In England the only 3 kings of this name ascended in the 1100s, 1300s & 1400s
Richard
16-foot stingrays can be found in the waters of this 2,700-mile-long Indochinese river
the Mekong