a national bank that provides financial and banking services for its country’s government and commercial banking system, as well as implementing the government’s monetary policy and issuing currency
the standard time in a zone that includes the central states of the US and parts of central Canada, specifically
the southernmost part of North America that links the continent to South America and consists of the countries of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
an agency or department that supplies actors for minor, usually stereotypical or generic film roles
a military strike force consisting of units from the US Army, Air Force, and Navy, established in 1979 (as the Rapid Deployment Force) to operate in the Middle East and North Africa
a system for warming a building by heating water or air in one place and circulating it through pipes and radiators or vents
a locking system in a motor vehicle that enables the locks of all doors to be operated simultaneously by a single person
the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria during World War I
a lowland in central California that is drained in the north by the Sacramento River and also is called the Sacramento Valley. In the south, it is called the San Joaquin Valley
a mountainous plateau in south central France. It covers almost one sixth of the country and rises to a height of 6,188 feet (1,887 m) at Puy de Sancy, a mountain in the Auvergne region
the tendency for the values of a random variable to cluster round its mean, mode, or median
the strip of land between the carriageways of a motorway or other major road
the standard time based on the mean solar time at the meridian 15° E, used in central and western continental Europe. It is one hour ahead of GMT
a country in central Africa; population 4,511,500 (est. 2009); capital, Bangui; languages, French (official) and Sango
the complex of nerve tissues that controls the activities of the body. In vertebrates it comprises the brain and spinal cord
the part of a computer in which operations are controlled and executed
a US federal agency responsible for coordinating government intelligence activities
a former federal republic in Central America, formed in 1823 to unite the states of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, all newly independent from Spain. The federation collapsed in 1838
an association of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica founded in 1951 for economic and political cooperation
the part of a computer in which operations are controlled and executed
a small freshwater fish of the minnow family that uses the hard ridge on its lower jaw to scrape food, especially algae, from rocks
an agency or department that supplies actors for minor, usually stereotypical or generic film roles