1. discrepancy   device used to maintain equilibrium.   eye disorder leading to partial blindness; waterfall.   constituent or element.   failure to tally or lack of consistency.   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. fauna   halo or circle of light.   animals of a region or era.   constituent or element.   small planet.   Half-n-half Clue   3. cipher   correspondence or harmonious relation.   exhalation affecting smell.   secret code used to encrypt messages.   conjecture or logical projection beyond range.   Half-n-half Clue   4. consistency   mode of formation or origin.   absence of contradictions or uniformity.   confused state of mind.   narrow opening or crevice.   Half-n-half Clue   5. emollient   formal discourse or essay.   application that helps soothe or soften.   mixture of things sticking together in a mass.   spread of disease by contact.   Half-n-half Clue   6. delta   science dealing with sound.   secret code used to encrypt messages.   triangular tract of mud or sand at river's mouth.   drug or treatment preventing infection.   Half-n-half Clue   7. aperture   united mass or coalition.   opening or gap.   failure to tally or lack of consistency.   halo or circle of light.   Half-n-half Clue