Anagrams of: CONTORTED

• 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

• A member of the extinct Creodonta order of mammals that lived from the Paleocene to the Pliocene epoch.

• sing softly

• a licensed medical practitioner

• (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching

• children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office

• a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution

• alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

• give medical treatment to

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

• a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing

• cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank

• adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord

• the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere

• (used especially of meat) cured in brine

• twist and press out of shape

• a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign

• margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof