Anagrams of: ORNITHES

• make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• make short or shorter

• become short or shorter

• edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

• Something or someone that is shorter than normal.

• A short-handed goal.

• A short person.

• A term of endearment for a child, younger sibling, shorter person, etc.

• A child.

• An attractive young female, especially one who is sexually available.

• A girlfriend.

• Shorter than normal, especially of clothing.

• an operator of a hoist

• (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land

• toward the shore

• close to a shore

• The return of military equipment

• A payment made to a lord on the death of a tenant

• A tribute

• the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.

• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

• the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions

• sit on the throne as a ruler

• put a monarch on the throne

• a simple protein containing mainly basic amino acids; present in cell nuclei in association with nucleic acids

• a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn)