Anagrams of: PHALANGIDA

• loss of the ability to swallow

• any of various small plant-sucking insects

• To slope or incline from the vertical.

• the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet

• the beginning of a series or sequence

• first in order of importance

• early testing stage of a software or hardware product

• any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia

• someone who fights for a cause

• a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)

• a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)

• United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)

• prolific United States writer (1822-1909)

• exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• draw slowly or heavily

• express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'