Anagrams of: SHORTENINGS

• fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods

• act of decreasing in length

• a lace used for fastening shoes

• a small amount of money

• according with conscience or morality

• appropriate conduct; doing the right thing

• conformity to fact or truth

• conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety

• the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines

• a rough and bitter manner

• The property of being full of difficulties, complexities, or controversial points.

• A period of seven nights; a week.

• The distance north of a standard reference latitude.

• A distance traveled northward.