1. the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole)

2. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

4. an artificially produced flow of water

6. move out of or depart from

8. of or relating to the science of ecology

10. meet at a point

11. oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

3. the state of being honored

5. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant

7. someone who plays a drum

9. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

12. a musician who play the bass viol