1. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
5. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. A public promotion of some product or service.
13. Wearing or provided with clothing.
14. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
15. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
17. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. An associate degree in applied science.
20. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
21. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
22. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
36. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
39. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
47. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material.
49. The act of scanning.
51. God of the underworld.
52. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
53. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
54. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.

1. An informal term for a father.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A form of address for a man.
4. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
5. A motley assortment of things.
6. At or constituting a border or edge.
7. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
8. A city in northwestern Syria.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. A state in north central United States.
19. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. Divulge information or secrets.
26. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
28. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. Used of a single unit or thing.
34. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
37. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
38. Cause to be embarrassed.
40. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
41. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
44. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
47. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
50. An associate degree in nursing.