Anagrams of: GRITSTONE

• a natural father or mother

• a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings

• the context and environment in which something is set

• the state of the environment in which a situation exists

• arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

• the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

• the physical position of something

• a table service for one person

• a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place

• the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works

• an examination of the characteristics of something

• the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a pause for relaxation

• a state of inaction

• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

• a support on which things can be put

• a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

• not move; be in a resting position

• take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

• give a rest to

• have a place in relation to something else

• be at rest

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• be inherent or innate in

• put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

• sit, as on a branch

• rest on or as if on a pillow

• be inactive, refrain from acting

• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

• an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

• the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

• grouping by class or kind or size

• a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

• a supply of something available for future use

• an electronic memory device

• a depository for goods

• keep or lay aside for future use

• find a place for and put away for storage

• an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name)

• a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder

• a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy

• a remark capable of wounding mentally

• a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland

• a sharp stinging blow