1. left-of-center

adjective. believing in or supporting tenets of the political left.

Rhymes with Islamic Republic Of Pakistan

2. out-of-bounds

adjective. outside the foul lines.

3. out-of-bounds

adjective. barred to a designated group.

4. out-of-school

adjective. not attending school and therefore free to work.

5. out-of-town

adjective. happening in or being of another town or city.

6. tug-of-war

noun. any hard struggle between equally matched groups.

7. republic

noun. ['riːˈpʌblək, riːˈpʌblɪk'] a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.

8. Pakistan

noun. a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947.

9. republic

noun. ['riːˈpʌblək, riːˈpʌblɪk'] a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch.

10. Islamic

adjective. of or relating to or supporting Islamism.