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The fortnightly test your anagram power #7, 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!

BEORSTU	OBTUSER (Comp.) OBTUSE, stupid.
AEEEHLRT	ETHEREAL Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible: ETHEREALLY. Also ETHERIAL, AETHEREAL.
ACEILMRT	METRICAL Pertaining to or composed in a system of arranged and measured rhythm: METRICALLY.
AEEHNPS	PEAHENS (Pl.) PEAHEN, a female peacock.
DEHNORTY	THRENODY (Greek) a dirge; a funeral song. Also THRENE, THRENODE, THRENOS.
AADLMOR	ARMLOAD As much as may be carried in the arms.
CEFNORU	FROUNCE To make or become creased or pleated.
BIMOORST	ROBOTISM Belief in robots.
EMOORSST	MOROSEST (Superl.) MOROSE, sad, gloomy.
ACORSUU	RAUCOUS Loud and unruly: RAUCOUSLY.
CIIMNNO	NIMONIC Of alloys used in high-temperature work, e.g. gas turbine blades, chiefly nickel, with chromium, titanium and aluminium.
BEILPRTV	BLIPVERT A very short television advertisement.
CHNOORS	COHORNS (Pl.) COHORN, a small mortar for throwing grenades.
EGHILPST	PIGHTLES (Pl.) PIGHTLE, a small enclosure; a croft.
ABHIMRS	MIHRABS (Pl.) MIHRAB, a niche or slab in a mosque marking the direction of Mecca.
ACIMNPU	PANICUM (Lat.) any grass of the genus Panicum. Also PANIC, PANICK, PANNICK.
ACEEFKOR	ECOFREAK One who worries about the environment.
CEFIRSS	SFERICS Contraction for ATMOSPHERICS, noises interfering with radio reception, due to electric disturbances in the ether. Also SPHERICS.
ACEMSUX	EXACUMS (Pl.) EXACUM, any plant of the genus EXACUM.
CCEIILTU	LEUCITIC Containing LEUCITE, as, leucitic rocks.

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