Anagrams of: CONTRASTS

• 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 Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States

• the quantity contained in a carton

• a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

• a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar

• a multiple star with 6 components; second brightest in Gemini; close to Pollux

• type genus of the Castoridae: beavers

• a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable

• a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)

• a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands

• fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together

• the musical director of a choir

• the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos

• A person who shares star billing

• A person who slightly lacks the status to be considered a star

• To perform with the billing of a costar.

• the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian

• a measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration