Anagrams of: INGRATITUDE

• a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation

• a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends

• a clandestine love affair

• cause to be interested or curious

• form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

• Blackness; the state of being black

• a step in walking or running

• the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

• the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground

• structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

• put down or press the foot, place the foot

• tread or stomp heavily or roughly

• crush as if by treading on

• brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center

• apply (the tread) to a tire

• mate with (used of male birds)

• a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension

• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

• having removed clothing

• an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA

• a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation

• examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

• attend academic courses without getting credit