Anagrams of: GABONFRANC

• an informal conversation

• talk socially without exchanging too much information

• have a conference in order to talk something over

• 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

• the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes

• An artificial island, used in prehistoric and medieval times in Scotland and Ireland for dwelling.

• 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 thick and heavy shoe

• A male waiter (especially at a French restaurant).