Anagrams of: PRETENSIONED

• Tensioned prior to some other operation

• a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant

• the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent

• someone who responds

• replying

• be or come between

• to put forth by way of intervention

• to insert between other elements

• get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

• decree or determine beforehand

• foreordain by divine will or decree

• foreordain or determine beforehand

• A very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavours, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber.

• an executive officer of a firm or corporation

• the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government

• the office of the United States head of state

• the chief executive of a republic

• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

• the head administrative officer of a college or university

• resembling a serpent in form

• a false or unsupportable quality

• the advancing of a claim

• the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

• the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites

• a protective drip that is made of stone