Anagrams of: AAELPTU

• the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

• (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

• a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

• a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

• dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

• the quantity contained in a plate

• a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

• the thin under portion of the forequarter

• a main course served on a plate

• any flat platelike body structure or part

• the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

• a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

• structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

• a shallow receptacle for collection in church

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

• a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

• coat with a layer of metal

• part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored

• a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

• an abrupt transition

• a sudden and decisive increase

• the distance leaped (or to be leaped)

• move forward by leaps and bounds

• pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

• jump down from an elevated point

• cause to jump or leap

• a greyish brown

• of something having a dusky brownish grey color

• a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished

• any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

• pleat or gather into a ruffle

• fold into pleats

• an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips)