Anagrams of PRELIMINARIES

• a minor match preceding the main event

• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

• denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important

• of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

• a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

• one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

• (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

• coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

• not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

• most important element

• of or being the essential or basic part

• a skilled worker whose job is to repair things

• The surface layer of a liquid body, used in reference to a reservoir or body of water

• an agent that impairs

• relating to or associated with an empire

• of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures

• befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress

• a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III

• a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach

• belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

• relating to or associated with an empire

• of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures

• befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress

• a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III

• a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach

• belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

• a smiler whose smile is silly and self-conscious and sometimes coy

• mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps)