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1. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
4. In bed.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
15. The bill in a restaurant.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. The residue that remains when something is burned.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A port city in southwestern Iran.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
46. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
47. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
48. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
49. A decree that prohibits something.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
52. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Tropical Asian starlings.
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. A light touch or stroke.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
19. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
22. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
23. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
24. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
32. Related on the father's side.
33. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
35. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
40. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
41. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
44. Not reflecting light.
45. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
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