Anagrams of: NEOTENIES

• an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species

• possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

• extremely sharp or severe

• (of color) having the highest saturation

• (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

• the physical condition of being stretched or strained

• a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature)

• (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body

• feelings of hostility that are not manifest

• the action of stretching something tight

• utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

• recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm

• speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone

• Trainers, sneakers (sport shoes)

• a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

• a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

• praise in a sonnet

• compose a sonnet

• utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

• recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm

• speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone

• flat braided cordage that is used on ships

• a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint