Anagrams of: ORCIANTS

• an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver

• a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States

• a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils

• an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver

• something done (usually as opposed to something said)

• the state of being active

• a military engagement

• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

• the series of events that form a plot

• the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

• the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

• a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

• an act by a government body or supranational organization

• the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

• In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).

• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

• put in effect

• the quantity contained in a carton

• a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

• (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity

• someone in love with themselves