Anagrams of: TEMPTATIOUS

• earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

• the act of attacking

• make an effort or attempt

• enter upon an activity or enterprise

• a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)

• a force that moves something along

• the act of applying force suddenly

• painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible

• attribute or credit to

• attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source

• a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use

• the mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig