Anagrams of: ARTTIKA_

• An ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar.

• ostentatious display of elegance

• Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918)

• an ostentatiously elegant hotel

• a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)

• a voluminous cotton outer garment (usually white) traditionally worn by Muslim women of northern Africa and the Middle East; covers the entire body

• A marinade made from various aromatic spices usually with a yoghurt base; often used in Indian cuisine prior to grilling in a tandoor.

• A tilak.

• (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

• an offensive move in a sport or game

• intense adverse criticism

• ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

• the act of attacking

• a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

• a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition

• the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)

• strong criticism

• launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

• attack in speech or writing

• take the initiative and go on the offensive

• attack someone physically or emotionally

• set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task

• begin to injure

• the combined stakes of the betters

• the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

• young domestic cat

• informal terms referring to a domestic cat

• a Scottish church

• Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.