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1. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
4. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
8. A castrated tomcat.
11. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
12. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. A public promotion of some product or service.
16. A city in central Alabama on the Alabama river.
18. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
21. 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.
22. Type genus of the Amiidae.
25. The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
26. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
27. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
30. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
35. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
37. God of love and erotic desire.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
42. An accidental happening.
43. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
45. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
3. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
4. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
5. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
6. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
7. An associate degree in applied science.
8. Offering fun and gaiety.
9. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
19. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
20. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
23. A city in east central Texas.
24. A kind of person.
28. An enclosed space.
31. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
32. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
33. Affect with wonder.
34. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
36. In bed.
40. Tag the base runner to get him out.
41. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
44. A doctor's degree in religion.
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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