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The fortnightly test your anagram power #25, By David Sutton

Here is a quiz comprising twenty single-solution alphagrams of seven or eight letters. The first ten are words which a reasonably well-read person has a fair chance of knowing. The second ten are words likely to be known only to specialists or, of course, to good Scrabble players! Most of the words fall in the mid-probability range.

Hover over the relevant black box to reveal the answer. Good luck!

AEEORST	ROSEATE Resembling a rose; overly optimistic.
AEEIIRS	AIERIES (Pl.) AIERY, an eagle's nest.
AINOORT	ORATION A formal speech.
AEMOORT	TEAROOM A restaurant serving tea.
ADGIINOR	RADIOING (Pp.) RADIO, to transmit by radio.
CEIIRSS	CISSIER (Comp.) CISSY, effeminate.
AEHIIKLR	HAIRLIKE Resembling a hair.
AEGLLORY	ALLEGORY A story presenting a moral principle.
EKLOPST	KLEPTOS (Pl.) KLEPTO, a person having an obsessive urge to steal.
CGIILNSU	SLUICING (Pp.) SLUICE, to wash with a sudden flow of water.
AAILLNPU	NAUPLIAL Of or like a nauplius, the larval form of certain crustaceans.
ABBEILNU	BUBALINE Resembling an antelope of Bubalis genus.
ACEFGIPS	PIGFACES (Pl.) PIGFACE, a creeping succulent plant with brightly coloured flowers and red fruits.
ACEMRSST	SCAMSTER One who perpetrates scams.
ACEHISTZ	ZAITECHS (Pl.) ZAITECH, the commercial practice of investing in financial markets to augment a company's normal earnings.
ABCHILOO	COOLIBAH (Aborig.) a species of Australian eucalyptus tree.
ABDMRUY	MARYBUD A marigold bud.
AEHLMPW	WHAMPLE (Scots) a blow.
CHIIINRT	RHINITIC Relating to rhinitis, inflammation of the nose.
EIOOSSST	OSTEOSIS The formation of bone.

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