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The fortnightly test your anagram power #3, 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!

EIMNNOOT	NOONTIME The time of noon, midday.
CEEOORST	CREOSOTE A pitch-like substance used to coat fences etc; (verb) to coat with creosote. Also CREASOTE, KREASOTE, KREOSOTE.
AAEGNPT	PAGEANT An elaborate public spectacle.
AEHILPR	HARELIP A deformity of the upper lip: HARELIPS, HARELIPPED.
AGIORSV	VIRAGOS (Pl.) VIRAGO, a loud overbearing woman, a termagant.
AEENPPRT	PETNAPER One who kidnaps pets. Also PETNAPPER.
CEELSTTU	LETTUCES (Pl.) LETTUCE, a plant whose leaves are used for salad.
AACEFILM	FACEMAIL A computer program that delivers mail messages via an electronic face on screen.
AAEHMNPT	PATHNAME The name of a file or directory together with its position in relation to other directories.
EEHMNRY	MYNHEER (Dutch) the Dutch equivalent of Mr. or Sir; hence, a Dutchman. Also MENEER, MIJNHEER.
ACIMNOOR	ACROMION (Greek) the outer extremity of the shoulder blade: ACROMIA.
ADDEEGHR	HARDEDGE In art, the use of bright areas of colour with sharp defined edges.
BELOORSW	ROSEBOWL A bowl for keeping roses in.
ELOOPRUW	OWERLOUP (Scots) to leap over: OWERLOUPS, OWERLOUPING, OWERLOUPIT or OWERLOUPEN.
DEEELRSS	REDELESS (Arch.) without rede or counsel.
ABEMORTZ	BAROMETZ (Russian) a fabulous Russian creature, half plant and half sheep.
ACCEORST	ECTOSARC The external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amoeba.
ACEHNRSW	CRENSHAW A variety of melon.
ACENOSSV	CAVESSON (Fr.) a noseband for a horse.
ENOPSUX	XENOPUS An African frog: XENOPUSES.

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