Anagrams of: HETAIRA_

• a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

• filled or abounding with fog or mist

• indistinct or hazy in outline

• German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)

• the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)

• German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)

• One who administers acts of hazing, or abusive initiation.

• The rodeo performer who hazes the steer.

• atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility

• confusion characterized by lack of clarity

• become hazy, dull, or cloudy

• harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions

• a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment

• the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year

• a prince or king in India

• A eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman.

• A (typically biologically male or intersex, but sometimes biologically female) member of a somewhat feminine third gender found in India and Pakistan.

• The flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later Medina) in 622 ce, which forms the first year of the Islamic era (ah 1)

• AH: the Islamic era, dated from the Hijra.

• The Islamic calendar, dated from the Hijra

• Any similar flight or emigration to a better place.

• an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca

• a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960

• the basic unit of money in Zaire