Term: independent agency: an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: xerophyllum: small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: expletive: a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: coronary sinus: a short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart; empties into the right atrium
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: anklebone: the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: soft roll: yeast-raised roll with a soft crust
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: strike pay: money paid to strikers from union funds
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: alarm clock: a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: chain: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: springboard: a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: stratum germinativum: the innermost layer of the epidermis