Anagrams of CONTENDER

• the contestant you hope to defeat

• Reconnoiter.

• maintain or assert

• have an argument about something

• to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand

• request an encore, from a performer

• an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• a low-lying region in central France

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

• a place where some particular activity is concentrated

• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the object upon which interest and attention focuses

• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

• a building dedicated to a particular activity

• move into the center

• direct one's attention on something

• conforming to conventions of sexual behavior

• in the right manner; correctly; suitably

• socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

• in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

• sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public

• observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress

• meeting requirements

• (used especially of meat) cured in brine