Anagrams of: AAEFRTTX_

• A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

• a passage selected from a larger work

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• get despite difficulties or obstacles

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• extract by the process of distillation

• separate (a metal) from an ore

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• calculate the root of a number

• disturb the composure of

• a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal

• attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way

• pay attention to exclusively and obsessively

• make fixed, stable or stationary

• become fixed (on)

• duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

• send something via a facsimile machine

• an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup

• a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown

• a city in north central Morocco; religious center

• someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)

• a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)

• a skilled worker who mends or repairs things

• synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction