Anagrams of: CHARACTERISES

• strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')

• strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')

• oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)

• give religious instructions to

• examine through questioning and answering

• an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

• a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

• the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

• an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• good repute

• a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

• a written symbol that is used to represent speech

• (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes

• engrave or inscribe characters on

• a workman who uses a tool for scratching

• a person who scratches to relieve an itch

• a device used for scratching

• Characterized by scratches.

• (chiefly of a sore throat) Annoying, irritating, itchy.

• (of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.

• (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.