Anagrams of: BYSSINE

• An exceptionally fine and valuable fibre or cloth of ancient times. Originally used for fine flax and linens, the word was later extended to fine cottons, silks, and sea silk.

• The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured.

• The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like.

• an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

• a farewell remark

• (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt

• the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire

• an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

• a farewell remark

• (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt

• the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire

• so as to pass a given point

• in reserve; not for immediate use