Anagrams of: ARCTOPHILIST

• small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts

• nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel

• of or relating to the study of history

• used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time

• having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary

• belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

• a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)

• relating to or characterized by atrophy

• an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board