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The fortnightly test your anagram power #17, By David Sutton

Here is a quiz comprising twenty single-solution alphagrams of seven or eight letters. The first ten are words which a reasonably well-read person has a fair chance of knowing. The second ten are words likely to be known only to specialists or, of course, to good Scrabble players! Most of the words fall in the mid-probability range.

Hover over the relevant black box to reveal the answer. Good luck!

ADEGINOR	ORGANDIE (Fr.) a fine translucent cotton. Also ORGANDY.
EEHILOP	PIEHOLE (Sl.) a person's mouth.
AEFGMNRT	FRAGMENT A piece broken off; (verb) to break into pieces.
AEHISSTU	HIATUSES (Pl.) HIATUS, a gap, an interruption.
AEIKNPST	SNAKEPIT A pit filled with snakes.
AENRSSY	SARNEYS (Pl.) SARNEY, sandwich.
AGIILNTV	VIGILANT Watchful > VIGILANTLY.
BDIOORSU	BOUDOIRS (Pl.) BOUDOIR, a lady's private room.
FIORTTUY	FORTUITY Fortuitousness; a chance occurrence.
CEELRSUY	SECURELY (Adv.) SECURE, firm, safe.
BEELOQRU	BRELOQUE (Fr.) an ornament attached to a watch chain.
ENPRSWY	PREWYNS (Pl.) PREWYN, a prune.
AAACNOPT	CAPONATA (Ital.) a type of Italian fish salad.
AAALPRST	SATRAPAL Of or pertaining to a SATRAP, or a SATRAPY.
AHNOOPSU	APHONOUS Voiceless.
CDILOOTY	COTYLOID Shaped like a cup; (noun) the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone.
EHMNOOTY	THEONOMY Government or rule by God.
ABEFINNR	FIBRANNE A fabric made of spun-rayon yarn.
AIMNOPS	MOPANIS (Pl.) MOPANI, a small S. African tree.
ACEELPRT	PRAELECT To lecture. Also PRELECT.

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