Anagrams of OVERTHI_

• a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

• preceding even the first

• German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)

• the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)

• German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)

• a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face

• a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

• the shape of something rotating rapidly

• a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• force or impel in an indicated direction

• hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot Hills noted for its short thick wool

• a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

• dance to jive music; dance the jive

• the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves