Ecology
Disposable diapers can take up to 500 years to do this
Decompose
In heraldry this mythical beast is depicted both with & without wings, as Merv could tell you
Griffin
Dracula, the bloodsucking vampire of Transylvania, sported this title
Count
Literally "To God", it's Spanish for goodbye
Adios
Flatbush & Flatlands are neighborhoods in this NYC borough
Brooklyn
CFCs, believed to damage the ozone layer, are commonly used in this kitchen appliance
Refrigerator
This astronomer had a brother named Michelangelo who was a musician, not an artist
Galileo
Title of address for bishops, abbreviated Exc.
Excellency
This Italian word is a musical direction for something you must play; it's obligatory
obbligato
A resort town in Northern Ireland shares its name with this third-largest city in Maine
Bangor
80% of America's trash ends up in these, & within 5 years, 1/3 of them will be full
Landfills
This word can precede village, meridian & mean time
Greenwich
This naval rank comes from the Arabic for "commander of the sea"
Admiral
This battle cry is Japanese for "10,000 Years", as in "May you live 10,000 Years"
Banzai
It's the westernmost & third largest of Canada's provinces
British Columbia
The Environmental Defense Fund has proposed new forests be planted to absorb this gas
Carbon dioxide
A Soviet republic, or a U.S. state
Georgia
This title once used only for men can now be used on letters sent to women, especially lawyers
Esquire
Originally applied to a follower of Lenin, it literally means "one of the majority"
Bolshevik
This city's ruins lie on the Euphrates River about 50 miles south of Baghdad
Babylon
The neighborhood around this abandoned Niagara Falls, N.Y. canal had to be abandoned due to toxics
Love Canal
Baron Monck was the first to hold this office in Canada
Governor-General
This European title comes from the Latin for "leader" & ranks just below a prince
Duke
Papier-mache means "chewed paper", & "papier colle", also known as collage, means this
Glued paper
In the 1990s the sultan of this country was the world's richest man
Brunei