Anagrams of ANTEPASTS_

• a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

• loose-fitting trousers with elastic cuffs; worn by athletes

• a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

• 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

• to act insanely

• a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

• lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer

• a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

• lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

• a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

• coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan

• An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley

• a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees

• a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant

• 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