Anagrams of: AILTEES

• any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts

• fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

• A salt-water crocodile (or estuarine crocodile).

• An ocean-going ship that enters the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence Seaway.

• The saltwater fluke or dab.

• a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

• selected as the best

• An obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive commemoration or gravestone

• the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

• something that is of no importance

• used to form the superlative, smallest in size or degree

• an advantageous purchase

• a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

• take without the owner's consent

• move stealthily

• steal a base

• an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range

• a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

• knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod

• get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

• cover, plate, or edge with steel