Anagrams of: AABCDIMO

• A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.

• Periosteum, a membrane that covers the outer surface of bones

• One of the humours formerly believed to nourish the bodily organs.

• a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

• the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

• any of several tools for straightening fibers

• ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

• the act of drawing a comb through hair

• straighten with a comb

• search thoroughly

• smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

• large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters

• a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury

• (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

• (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed

• any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity