Anagrams of: ABST__

• A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

• flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled

• a soft padded sofa

• an unfledged pigeon

• short and fat

• upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame

• upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame

• a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact

• strike suddenly and with force

• kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting

• strike at with firepower or bombs

• cook or heat in a microwave oven

• to act insanely

• a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt

• exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

• a small worthless amount

• the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

• short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

• having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground

• sit on one's heels

• be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide

• occupy (a dwelling) illegally

• to perform the squat weightlifting exercise

• the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

• the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

• holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

• talk socially without exchanging too much information

• talk incessantly and tiresomely

• chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

• censure severely or angrily

• your occupation or line of work