1. flux   continuous flow or series of changes.   conjecture or logical projection beyond range.   botanical garden where trees are studied and exhibited.   science dealing with sound.   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. delta   triangular tract of mud or sand at river's mouth.   loss of speech.   proposition that follows without separate proof.   plants of a region.   Half-n-half Clue   3. flora   plants of a region.   wasting away.   formal discourse or essay.   post-mortem or examination of dead body.   Half-n-half Clue   4. genesis   balance.   mode of formation or origin.   equal day and night; time at which sun crosses equator.   device used to maintain equilibrium.   Half-n-half Clue   5. anesthetic   correspondence or harmonious relation.   application that helps soothe or soften.   substance producing condition of no sensation.   drug or treatment preventing infection.   Half-n-half Clue   6. humus   opening or gap.   state of being motionless.   unit for measuring weight of gems and purity of gold.   substance formed by decay of organic material.   Half-n-half Clue   7. effluvium   deficiency of red blood corpuscles.   purging of passage of body; outlet to emotion.   exhalation affecting smell.   channel for fluid flow or aqueduct.   Half-n-half Clue