Anagrams of: LAPIDARY_

• resembling a pyramid

• moving slowly and gently

• disinclined to work or exertion

• relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail

• a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him

• a public square with room for pedestrians

• mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

• creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas

• (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

• time for play or diversion

• in a vapid manner

• a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt

• a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

• (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases

• enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

• use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal

• arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid

• increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base