Anagrams of: ARTNESS

• state categorically

• to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

• insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized

• postulate positively and assertively

• stern foremost or backward

• at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane

• (of a ship or an airplane) behind

• agreement with a statement or proposal to do something

• to agree or express agreement

• mentally healthy; free from mental disorder

• marked by sound judgment; having good reason

• a genus of Sterninae

• any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers

• star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis

• Any of various blocks of sandstone found in various locations in southern England.

• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

• a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

• a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities

• strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit

• a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

• catch in or as if in a trap

• entice and trap