1. a machine for performing calculations automatically

2. a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

3. the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems

5. a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences

7. any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles

8. punishment for one's actions

9. a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon

11. the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

4. the science of matter and energy and their interactions

6. study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

10. a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

12. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage