Anagrams of: ASSONATING

• line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family

• the principal character in a work of fiction

• someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)

• a muscle that contracts while another relaxes

• (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction

• inability to recognize objects by use of the senses

• a short and simple sonata

• In a contrary direction to.

• In physical opposition to; in collision with.

• In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.

• Close to, alongside.

• In front of; before (a background).

• In contrast or comparison with.

• In competition with, versus.

• Contrary to; in conflict with.

• In opposition to.

• Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.

• In exchange for.

• As counterbalance to.

• As a charge on.

• As protection from.

• In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).

• (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.

• Exposed to.

• By the time that (something happened); before.

• inability to recognize objects by use of the senses

• the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

• the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten