Anagrams of: CINW_

• a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende

• coat or cover with zinc

• any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action

• a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

• lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds

• pull or lift up with or as if with a winch

• the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

• closing one eye quickly as a signal

• a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

• signal by winking

• gleam or glow intermittently

• briefly shut the eyes

• keep back by blinking

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

• (British slang) a prison

• a small cut

• cut slightly, with a razor

• cut a nick into

• divide or reset the tail muscles of

• mate successfully; of livestock