Anagrams of: ICHTHYOSAURS

• any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs

• a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)

• a kindly and lenient attitude toward people

• an activity or gift that benefits the public at large

• pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers

• an institution set up to provide help to the needy

• consisting of or containing starch

• rigidly formal

• The spinal column, or the vertebrae of the spine.

• An anatomical shaft or axis in a marine invertebrate.

• The central shaft of a feather.

• The main shaft of either a compound leaf, head of grain, or fern frond.

• quick to take offense

• difficult to handle; requiring great tact

• argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading

• moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas

• somewhat short