1. catharsis   purging of passage of body; outlet to emotion.   compulsion or repression.   reduction in size.   formal discourse or essay.   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. antiseptic   drug or treatment preventing infection.   collection of stars or brilliant personalities.   guesswork.   unit for measuring weight of gems and purity of gold.   Half-n-half Clue   3. humus   substance formed by decay of organic material.   science dealing with sound.   loss of speech.   giving off of gas bubbles or exuberance.   Half-n-half Clue   4. centrifuge   reservoir or tank for water.   plants of a region.   opposite statement or position turned round.   machine to separate substances by spinning.   Half-n-half Clue   5. fulcrum   spread of disease by contact.   drug that reduces pain.   point on which lever is supported.   unit for measuring weight of gems and purity of gold.   Half-n-half Clue   6. cerebration   medicine that causes vomiting.   working of the brain or thought.   absence of contradictions or uniformity.   point on which lever is supported.   Half-n-half Clue   7. atrophy   mold or device for stamping.   wasting away.   compulsion or repression.   state of being motionless.   Half-n-half Clue