Anagrams of: METOPAE_

• A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.

• (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject

• (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation

• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• grant exemption or release to

• brittle flat bread eaten at Passover

• a yellow quartz

• a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone

• a light brown the color of topaz

• complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost

• something jumbled or confused

• Small portions of starters typical of Turkish and Greek cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita.

• a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact

• strike suddenly and with force

• kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting

• strike at with firepower or bombs

• cook or heat in a microwave oven

• a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States