Cestus is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.
You can make 82 anagrams from letters in cestus (cesstu).
1570-80; Latin Greek kestós a girdle, literally, (something) stitched, equivalent to kes- (variant stem of kenteîn to stitch; see center) + -tos verbal adjective su
You should have encouraged flesh for that contest: you are far too thin for it—avoid the cestus.'
The muscles of the arm, the strength of the body, a blow from a cestus, never yet raised that kind of burden off the ground.
cestus, ses′tus, n. the girdle of Venus, which had power to awaken love: an ancient boxing-glove loaded with lead or iron.
It is like the work of a skilled heavy-weight pugilist, or the work of an old Roman fighter with the cestus.
This cestus was a fine parti-coloured girdle, which, as Homer tells us, had all the attractions of the sex wrought into it.
She still wore the cestus of her ancient witchcraft; but the diadem of Juno was on her brow, and the aegis of Pallas in her hand.
They fight first in the Greek fashion, with the cestus; afterwards they put on armor, and try sword and shield.'
Her cestus or girdle holds all the magic of passion, and is borrowed even by Hera when she wishes to win her fickle lord.
Venus has lent her her cestus, and shares with her the attendance of the Graces.
Tom has been a sailor—a coal heaver—and some other genteel profession, before he took to the cestus.