1. friction   swirling motion of water or air.   exhalation affecting smell.   attrition by rubbing or disagreement.   mixture of things sticking together in a mass.   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. conjecture   chemistry of changing baser metals into gold.   loss of speech.   giving off of gas bubbles or exuberance.   guesswork.   Half-n-half Clue   3. fulcrum   compulsion or repression.   point on which lever is supported.   triangular tract of mud or sand at river's mouth.   constituent or element.   Half-n-half Clue   4. asteroid   medicine that causes vomiting.   opposite statement or position turned round.   united mass or coalition.   small planet.   Half-n-half Clue   5. eccentricity   parallelism or similarity.   small planet.   deviation from center or oddity.   botanical garden where trees are studied and exhibited.   Half-n-half Clue   6. aureole   mode of formation or origin.   continuous flow or series of changes.   halo or circle of light.   proposition that follows without separate proof.   Half-n-half Clue   7. atrophy   floating sheet of ice.   narrow opening or crevice.   tree bearing fruit-cones.   wasting away.   Half-n-half Clue