Anagrams of: DEEPFRIED

• resist or confront with resistance

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• challenge

• an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening

• someone who consumes food for nourishment

• a branch that flows into the main stream

• a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material

• an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds

• an animal that feeds on a particular source of food

• a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

• satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements

• the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards

• a group of lions

• unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)

• be proud of

• a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

• a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

• one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind

• lower and bring partially inboard

• roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area

• reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef

• having lost your job

• cooked by frying in fat

• hold back to a later time

• yield to another's wish or opinion