Anagrams of: ACTINOPODA

• an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

• the naval officer in command of a military ship

• a policeman in charge of a precinct

• an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

• the leader of a group of people

• the pilot in charge of an airship

• a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

• be the captain of a sports team

• the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

• a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

• the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

• taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument

• translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen

• brief description accompanying an illustration

• provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

• granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings

• the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

• an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach)

• acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach)

• hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats

• sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

• take a siesta