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1. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
4. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
9. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
13. The month following February and preceding April.
14. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
15. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
16. By bad luck.
18. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
19. Being three more than fifty.
20. A quantity of no importance.
21. A country person.
23. A radioactive transuranic element.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
31. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
34. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
35. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
39. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
40. Jordan's port.
42. A state in northwestern North America.
43. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
45. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
46. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
48. Extremely pleasing.
51. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
59. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
61. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
63. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
64. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
65. Hear or try a court case anew.
67. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
68. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
69. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
70. A three-year law degree.
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1. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
2. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
3. A small nail.
4. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
5. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
6. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
7. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
8. The highest level or degree attainable.
9. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
10. English essayist (1775-1834).
11. Growing old.
12. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
17. A native-born Israeli.
22. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
24. Summer cypress.
25. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
29. Offering fun and gaiety.
30. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. A Mid-Atlantic state.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
37. A light touch or stroke.
38. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
41. God of the earth.
44. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
47. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
52. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
53. A primeval personification of air and breath.
55. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
56. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
57. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
58. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
60. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
62. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
66. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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