Government Agencies
The permanent Bureau of this, which enumerates the population, was established in 1902
Census
The "Great Dismal" & the "Big Cypress" are both examples of this low-lying type of wetland with a 5-letter name
Swamp
A Romanian prince known as Vlad the Impaler gave his family name to this title literary count
Dracula
Error's partner in an experimental method
Trial
Slow down! What we call a yellow traffic light, the Brits call this color, like fossilized resin
Amber
It's the "E" in FEMA, an agency that's there when we need it
Emergency
The Ganges River has the world's largest of these wide plains created by diverging branches of a river's mouth
Delta
From 1948 until 1989, Romania was under the rule of this political party
the Communist Party
This serious fever is caused by salmonella bacteria
Typhoid
Fish entrails used to lure sharks in the U.S., or an old friend in Britain
Chum
It says it's "connecting America through coins"
the Mint
These structures of accumulated skeletal deposits have been called Earth's most complex aquatic ecosystems
Coral Reefs
Romania has rivers, lakes, and coastline along this body of water
the Black Sea
It can mean showing little interest, or moderately warm
Tepid
Varnish is this, for fingers & toes
(nail) polish
This service goes back to 1862, when we needed a way to fund the Civil War
the IRS
Intermontane means between mountains, like the Great Basin between the Rockies and this range
Sierra Nevada
Revolution Square is a beautiful spot in this capital city
Bucharest
Meaning perceptible by the senses, it's from the Latin for "touch"
Tactile or tangible
We end a sentence with a period; the Brits do it with this 2-word term
Full stop
This Cabinet department runs a meat & poultry hotline
Department of Agriculture
Larger bodies of land are connected by this narrow strip of land, like Panama's
an Isthmus
This late, great author of the Holocaust-set "Night" was born in Romania
Elie Wiesel
This windblown plant, a symbol of the Old West, was brought to the U.S. in the 19th century from Russia
Tumbleweed
A baby's pacifier in the U.S. is called this in the U.K., a word also meaning a quilted bedspread
a Comforter