Anagrams of: CASTRATIONS

• neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

• surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)

• the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

• very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll

• an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects

• The abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment.

• A piece of instrumental music of the eighteenth century similar to the serenade, and often performed outdoors.

• a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice

• the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared

• the act of distinguishing by comparing differences

• a conceptual separation or distinction

• the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors

• the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)

• put in opposition to show or emphasize differences

• to show differences when compared; be different

• a water-resistant coat

• conduct business

• the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)

• (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing