Anagrams of: NESTLES

• a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace

• move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

• lie in a sheltered position

• position comfortably

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

• genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils

• (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood

• biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina

• electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• wear off or die down

• a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace

• move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

• lie in a sheltered position

• position comfortably

• an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range

• a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

• knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod

• get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

• cover, plate, or edge with steel

• partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)

• precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow

• the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant

• an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings

• in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

• pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

• taut or rigid; stretched tight

• a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

• become stretched or tense or taut

• increase the tension on

• become tense, nervous, or uneasy

• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

• a general conscious awareness

• the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted

• the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

• sound practical judgment

• a natural appreciation or ability

• perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles

• detect some circumstance or entity automatically

• become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

• discern