Anagrams of: STREIGNES

• the most powerful members of a society

• a granitic rock composed of quartz and mica

• any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero

• a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder

• a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy

• a remark capable of wounding mentally

• a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland

• a sharp stinging blow

• the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments

• (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a pause for relaxation

• a state of inaction

• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

• a support on which things can be put

• a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

• not move; be in a resting position

• take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

• give a rest to

• have a place in relation to something else

• be at rest

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• be inherent or innate in

• put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

• sit, as on a branch

• rest on or as if on a pillow

• be inactive, refrain from acting

• the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers

• a coming into being