Anagrams of: STERNSONS

• any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner

• a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

• praise in a sonnet

• compose a sonnet

• (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy

• a genus of Psittacidae containing two extant parrot species from New Zealand and two extinct parrot species from Norfolk Island, Australia and Chatham Island, New Zealand, respectively (Nestor)

• an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill)

• a generalization of the concept of a vector

• any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm

• terms of abuse for a masturbator

• someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward)

• the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

• (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

• special emphasis attached to something

• difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

• (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body

• to stress, single out as important

• put stress on; utter with an accent

• test the limits of

• to suffer from stress