Anagrams of: LESSENING

• badminton played with one person on each side

• tennis played with one person on each side

• the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers

• a coming into being

• the perception that something has occurred or some state exists

• becoming aware of something via the senses

• motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

• something used to achieve a purpose

• a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

• an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.

• a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade

• an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality

• colors flown by a ship to show its nationality

• a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

• perception by means of the eyes

• normal use of the faculty of vision

• having vision, not blind

• sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons

• One who signs a contract, especially in athletic contexts