Anagrams of RIGHTEN_

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

• the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected

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

• 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)

• of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base

• an evil spell

• cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

• a striking or amusing or caustic remark

• cause fear in

• any of various small cucumbers pickled whole

• small prickly cucumber

• someone who fights (or is fighting)

• a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

• someone who fights for a cause

• originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

• a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

• raise (someone) to knighthood