Anagrams of: TURGESCENCE

• any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters

• resembling the new moon in shape

• The basic, central, or essential point or feature.

• The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.

• A puzzle or difficulty.

• The hardest point of a climb.

• A cross on a coat of arms.

• reconnaissance (by shortening)

• Structures on the end of on the end of the abdomen of most insects, sometimes long, hairlike sensory organs and sometimes smaller and rigid.

• harsh criticism or disapproval

• the state of being excommunicated

• rebuke formally

• generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

• place out of sight; keep secret

• reconnaissance (by shortening)

• cover or coat with a crust

• decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

• form a crust or a hard layer

• of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher

• a building dedicated to a particular activity

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the object upon which interest and attention focuses

• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

• the middle of a military or naval formation

• (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team

• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

• a place where some particular activity is concentrated

• politically moderate persons; centrists

• (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team

• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

• mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

• the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game

• (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play

• a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game

• equally distant from the extremes

• center upon

• direct one's attention on something

• move into the center