Anagrams of: AEPYORNISES

• huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar

• the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle

• a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix

• a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder

• large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years

• a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar

• the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it