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1. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
11. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
18. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
19. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
22. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. 32nd President of the United States.
26. A young woman making her debut into society.
28. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
33. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
35. The cry made by sheep.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
44. British informal term.
46. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
50. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
51. A tight-fitting headdress.
52. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
53. An associate degree in applied science.
54. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
10. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
17. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. An informal term for a father.
21. A state in midwestern United States.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
30. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
32. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
43. A quantity of no importance.
44. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
45. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. An accountant certified by the state.
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