Anagrams of: GINGIVA

• the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth

• the act of giving

• the imparting of news or promises etc.

• disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return

• given or giving freely

• To take; undertake for.

• (as a godparent) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.

• A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position

• A roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village

• characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

• unproductive of success

• acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

• the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

• growing old

• A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds, used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music.

• A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment.

• The interest on a loan of money, especially for loans made by a usurer or loan shark.

• An amount owed on account of or payment of a bookie's charge or of interest.

• A commission or similar extra charge.