Anagrams of ACEGILSS

• A gentle incline in front of a fortification.

• The angled armour plate on the front of a tank; glacis plate.

• An erosional or depositional landform, with little slope.

• (postal service) A device for sorting mail which slides parcels across a sloped surface.

• an ordered reference standard

• relative magnitude

• the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it

• a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin

• a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

• (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

• a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass

• an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

• a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

• measure by or as if by a scale

• pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard

• take by attacking with scaling ladders

• reach the highest point of

• climb up by means of a ladder

• remove the scales from

• measure with or as if with scales

• size or measure according to a scale

• (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar

• an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept

• United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)

• something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement

• the net that is the goal in ice hockey

• a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice

• confine in a cage

• a share of something

• a serving that has been cut from a larger portion

• a wound made by cutting

• a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

• a thin flat piece cut off of some object

• a spatula for spreading paint or ink

• make a clean cut through

• hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction

• cut into slices

• hit a ball so that it causes a backspin

• Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the binding of two molecules; synthetase.