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SKIMMINGRemoving a substance from the surface of a liquid (8)
SKIMRemove (a substance) from the surface of a liquid (4)
OPENCAST____ mining, the technique of extracting rock or minerals from the surface of the ground (4,4)
SKIMMERSUtensils for lifting cream from the surface of milk; boaters; or, darters (8)
MENISCUSCurved upper surface of a liquid in a tube resulting from surface tension (capillarity) (8)
BAYBERRYWAXSubstance removed from the surface of the fruit of the shrub Myrica faya and used in the manufacture of candles
RETENTIONFailure to eliminate a substance from the body
SCURFA thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin (5)
EXOSTOSISAn abnormal bony outgrowth from the surface of a bone (9)
NOVAExplosion from the surface of a white dwarf
LUSTREManner in which light is reflected from the surface of a mineral (6)
POLYPSSmall vascularised growths arising from the surface of a mucous membrane
GROUNDWATERH2O beneath the surface of the soil, consisting largely of moisture that has seeped down from the surface: the source of springs and wells (6,5)
CILIAHairlike structures that extend from the surface of many cells; they can create movement of surrounding fluid.
RENNETSubstance from the stomach of a calf, it contains an enzyme essential in the production of Cheshire cheese (6)
FOAMA mass of small bubbles of gas formed on the surface of a liquid (4)
SCUMA layer of impure matter that forms on the surface of a liquid (4)
DEPTHThe distance from the surface to the bottom of a pool (5)
QUININEWhat substance from the bark of a tree was once the only known remedy for malaria? (7)
SOOTA deep black powdery substance from the incomplete burning of organic matter (4)