Anvil

Noun

 * 1) A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
 * 2)  An incus bone in the inner ear.

Adjectives for Anvil
clanging; crude; fiery; harsh; hammer-worn; historic; mighty; massive; steely;spark-emitting; shaping; transforming; traditional; invincible; proving; resistant; unvarying; unyielding; Vulcan-symbolizing.

Verbs for Anvil
balance on—; beat on—; bend on—; clink on—; crack on—; fashion on—;flatten on—; forge on—; hammer on—; harden on—; jangle on—; shape on—; strike—;twist on—; —clashes; —resounds; —rings;—sustains.

Thesaurus
Eustachian tube; alembic; auditory apparatus; auditory canal; auditory meatus; auditory nerve; auditory ossicles; auditory tube; auricle; basilar membrane; bony labyrinth; caldron; cauliflower ear; cochlea; conch; concha; crucible; drumhead; ear; ear lobe; eardrum; endolymph; engine; external ear; hammer; incus; inner ear; lathe; lobe; lobule; lug; machine; malleus; mastoid process; melting pot; middle ear; mortar; motor; organ of Corti; outer ear; oval window; perilymph; pinna; retort; round window; secondary eardrum; semicircular canals; shell; stapes; stirrup; test tube; transducer; transformer; tympanic cavity; tympanic membrane; tympanum; vestibule

Etymology
anfilt:, anvelt:, from late anfilte:, anfealt:, from earlier onfilti:, from  (compare Middle Dutch anvilte:, Low German undefined:, undefined:, Old High German anafalz:), compound of  ‘on’ +  (compare German falzen:,  dialect filta: ‘to beat'), from - ‘shaken, beaten’ (compare Irish lethar:,  pulto:, pulso:,  undefined: ‘to toss, brandish’), enlargement of - ‘to stir, move’. More at felon.

Translations

 * Arabic: سندان
 * Bengali: নিহাই
 * Bulgarian: наковалня
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏐᏗᏔᎷᎩᏍᎩᎤᎵᎩ (asoditalugisgiuligi)
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: (amóni)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 金床 (かなとこ, kanatoko)
 * Javanese: landesan
 * Korean: 모루


 * Latin:
 * Latvian: lakta
 * Lithuanian: priekalas, priekalas
 * Macedonian: наковална
 * Mandarin: 铁砧
 * Marathi: ऐरण
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Old Norse:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਅਹਰਣ
 * Russian:
 * Sindhi: سَنداڻُ
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: fuawe
 * Swedish: städ
 * Tamil: பட்டடை
 * Telugu: దాగిలి
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: cái đe


 * Bulgarian: наковалня
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: aambeeld, aanbeeld , aambeeldsbeentje , aanbeeldsbeentje
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: გრდემლის ძვალი
 * German:
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian: incudine
 * Japanese: 砧骨 (きぬたこつ, kinutakotsu)
 * Macedonian: наковална
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Anagrams

 * Alvin