1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. God of love and erotic desire.
8. Not reflecting light.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. Very dark black.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
15. South African term for `boss'.
16. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
17. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. A port city in southwestern Iran.
33. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. An enclosed space.
45. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
46. Late time of life.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.

1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. The act of scanning.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
7. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. An associate degree in applied science.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. A state in midwestern United States.
24. The food served and eaten at one time.
25. A decree that prohibits something.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A New England state.
28. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
29. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
31. Obvious and dull.
32. 10 grams.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
36. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
40. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
43. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
44. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.