Anagrams of: NCIC_

• a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende

• coat or cover with zinc

• someone who is critical of the motives of others

• a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control

• any undertaking that is easy to do

• stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place

• a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps

• tie a cinch around

• make sure of

• get a grip on; get mastery of

• elegance by virtue of being fashionable

• elegant and stylish

• the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

• (British slang) a prison

• a small cut

• cut slightly, with a razor

• cut a nick into

• divide or reset the tail muscles of

• mate successfully; of livestock

• a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

• command against

• a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

• a unit of measurement for advertising space

• advance slowly, as if by inches