Anagrams of: ADEEFIST

• lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part

• people who have severe hearing impairments

• (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed

• make or render deaf

• an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

• the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

• win a victory over

• thwart the passage of

• a ceremonial dinner party for many people

• something experienced with great delight

• a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

• an elaborate party (often outdoors)

• partake in a feast or banquet

• provide a feast or banquet for

• gratify

• an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

• the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

• win a victory over

• thwart the passage of

• resist or confront with resistance

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• challenge

• move as if through a sieve

• separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

• check and sort carefully

• distinguish and separate out

• To remove fat from a material, especially by the use of solvents

• acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly

• (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time

• at a rapid tempo

• abstaining from food

• quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

• firmly or closely

• (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds

• resistant to destruction or fading

• unrestrained by convention or morality

• hurried and brief

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

• (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time

• abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons

• abstain from eating