Anagrams of: AELNPT_

• Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells.

• To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.

• a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact

• strike suddenly and with force

• kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting

• strike at with firepower or bombs

• cook or heat in a microwave oven

• a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

• the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet

• a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)

• excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end

• prompt willingness

• the highest point (of something)

• the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

• be idle; exist in a changeless situation

• a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter