Anagrams of: PINIONS

• a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack

• any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

• wing of a bird

• bind the arms of

• cut the wings off (of birds)

• any of several low-growing pines of western North America

• any of several low-growing pines of western North America

• a meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision

• retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin

• a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)

• the act of rotating rapidly

• a short drive in a car

• rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral

• a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• stream in jets, of liquids

• cause to spin

• make up a story

• form a web by making a thread

• work natural fibers into a thread

• twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation

• prolong or extend

• a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)

• the act of clipping or snipping

• sever or remove by pinching or snipping

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain

• United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)

• a meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision