Anagrams of: VIOSTEROLS

• a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

• the government of the Soviet Union

• a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal

• a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

• divide into slivers or splinters

• break up into splinters or slivers

• form into slivers

• a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution

• attempt by employing effort

• to exert much effort or energy