Anagrams of: AANPV

• any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

• the leading units moving at the head of an army

• (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight

• a camper equipped with living quarters

• a truck with an enclosed cargo space

• plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia

• cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

• (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus

• chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids

• shallow container made of metal

• make a sweeping movement

• wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

• express a totally negative opinion of

• a period of time spent sleeping

• a soft or fuzzy surface texture

• the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

• sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

• a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes

• take a siesta

• a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Harrisburg

• an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

• a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead

• an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas

• a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter

• a collection of anecdotes about a person or place

• mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu

• an associate degree in nursing

• a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)