Anagrams of: PLACENTAS

• that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form

• the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails

• A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.

• A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.

• sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

• take a siesta

• a large and stately mansion

• the governing group of a kingdom

• a large ornate exhibition hall

• official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)