Anagrams of: PRESOAK

• An initial soak.

• A preparation used in such a soak.

• A cycle of a washing machine during which this occurs.

• To soak in advance.

• To soak laundry in cold water prior to washing, sometimes with the addition of a biological or other preparation.

• fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

• any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

• express in speech

• exchange thoughts; talk with

• use language

• give a speech to

• make a characteristic or natural sound

• support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

• one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

• fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

• any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

• a momentary flash of light

• Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)

• merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

• electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

• a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger

• a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction

• put in motion or move to act

• emit or produce sparks

• United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)

• express in speech

• exchange thoughts; talk with

• use language

• give a speech to

• make a characteristic or natural sound

• the most extreme possible amount or value

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• a V shape

• the highest point (of something)

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

• to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity

• an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)

• gain or regain energy