Anagrams of: APOPHTHEGM

• a short pithy instructive saying

• The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle.

• The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).

• an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel

• respectful deference

• a little girl (usually one you are fond of)

• the ohmic resistance of a conductor

• a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers

• a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation

• a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria