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1. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
11. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
12. A French abbot.
13. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
14. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
15. Related to or located at the back.
16. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
17. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
20. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
24. Either extremity of something that has length.
25. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. A state in northwestern North America.
29. A light touch or stroke.
31. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
39. A local computer network for communication between computers.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. The month following March and preceding May.
44. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
46. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
47. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
48. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
49. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
3. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
4. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
7. The basic unit of money in Albania.
8. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
9. Jordan's port.
10. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
18. A large fleet.
19. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
21. A notable achievement.
28. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
36. God of love and erotic desire.
37. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
40. An associate degree in applied science.
41. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
45. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
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