Anagrams of: CONTORT

• soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

• fabric woven from cotton fibers

• erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers

• thread made of cotton fibers

• take a liking to

• grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant

• tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil

• sing softly

• 1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal

• tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

• the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

• ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food

• a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

• (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)

• whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

• something sentimental or trite

• feed (cattle) with corn

• preserve with large-grained rock salt

• slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks

• A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.

• an argument opposed to a proposal

• a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

• in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.

• deprive of by deceit

• commit to memory; learn by heart

• the sound made by a pigeon

• speak softly or lovingly

• cry softly, as of pigeons