Anagrams of: CONSTITUTION

• law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

• the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states

• the act of forming or establishing something

• a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston

• the way in which someone or something is composed

• an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

• the action of bruising

• a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played

• inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli

• (followed by `with') deeply filled or permeated

• (used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure

• relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of a musical scale

• of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes

• of two or more muscles; having equal tension

• excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm

• smug self-serving earnestness

• semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

• anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual

• a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played

• sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur

• The static friction that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact