Anagrams of: THORNIER_

• 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

• 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)

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• force or impel in an indicated direction

• any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries

• a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

• youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)

• (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation

• a prostitute's customer

• the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament

• an important intellectual

• someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)

• thinking again about a choice previously made

• change one's mind