Anagrams of: NONPAGAN__

• A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

• lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer

• a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

• lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

• a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

• coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan

• an especially rich vein of precious ore

• a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

• the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• A type of instrumental composition based on multipart vocal settings of canzoni, produced chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries

• (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)

• a large strong and aggressive woman

• mainly green tropical American parrots

• a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)

• the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos