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The fortnightly test your anagram power #4, 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!

ADDELOOR	ELDORADO A place of great riches or fabulous opportunity: ELDORADOS.
EIMNOORV	OMNIVORE An omnivorous person or animal.
ILMORTU	TURMOIL (Verb) to agitate, disturb.
CEELRTU	LECTURE To expound on a specific subject.
AADFINRU	UNAFRAID Not afraid.
AADHILNR	HANDRAIL A railing used for support.
DDEMNOST	ODDMENTS (Pl.) ODDMENT, a remnant.
DEGILSUV	DIVULGES (3rd.) DIVULGE, to reveal.
ADIKNNST	INKSTAND An inkwell.
AEGGLRY	GREYLAG A species of wild goose. Also GRAYLAG.
AEHIKSY	SAKIYEH (Arabic) an Eastern water-wheel. Also SAKIEH, SAKIA.
ACEELPTY	CLYPEATE Shaped like a buckler, a round shield. Also CLYPEIFORM.
BDILTUY	DIBUTYL Having two BUTYL groups.
ABELPRTU	PUBERTAL Of or pertaining to puberty. Also PUBERAL.
ABDILOO	DIABOLO (Ital.) a game in which a two-headed top is thrown up and caught on a string stretched between two sticks: DIABOLOS.
EILMNOTY	MYLONITE A hard, streaky, often granular rock produced by crushing.
AAEIRRRT	TERRARIA (Pl.) TERRARIUM, a vivarium for small land animals.
AACHIMST	CATHISMA (Greek) a short hymn used as response.
AAEPRSSY	APYRASES (Pl.) APYRASE, an enzyme.
ADEEMNTW	METEWAND A measuring rod. Also METEYARD, METESTICK.

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