Anagrams of: NARCOSTATE

• someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

• 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 man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction

• deprive of strength or vigor

• edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

• remove the testicles of a male animal

• remove the ovaries of

• a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice

• cut across or divide transversely

• conduct business

• a chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction

• (chiefly in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by string.