Anagrams of: ADEMPTION

• a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension

• the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama

• a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land

• the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley

• To plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress.

• any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria

• a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• be in control

• have dominance or the power to defeat over

• be greater in significance than

• look down on

• suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity

• make moist

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

• check; keep in check (a fire)

• lessen in force or effect

• hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment

• apply pomade to (hair)

• A platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel's mainmast; used for observation and for the attachment of rigging.