Anagrams of OSTIARY

• the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church

• someone who guards an entrance

• a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

• a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

• a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

• a record or narrative description of past events

• a short account of the news

• a trivial lie

• an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

• not close together in time

• (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

• wander from a direct course or at random

• lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

• man with strong sexual desires

• one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns

• (sometimes derogatory) Inclined towards the arts; arty.

• A farmer or tiller of the soil.

• an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food

• someone new to a field or activity

• an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War

• a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains