Anagrams of: BONGRACE

• an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

• a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper

• a copy made with carbon paper

• a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance

• a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes

• a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

• shine like a beacon

• guide with a beacon

• any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem

• back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

• English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)

• English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)

• venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood

• a support that steadies or strengthens something else

• two items of the same kind

• a set of two similar things considered as a unit

• either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material

• a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it

• elastic straps that hold trousers up

• an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

• a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring

• a structural member used to stiffen a framework

• prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult

• support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

• support by bracing

• cause to be alert and energetic

• a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)

• a thick and heavy shoe