Anagrams of ACANTHUSES

• A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Scrophulariales) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India.

• firm and dependable especially in loyalty

• stop the flow of a liquid

• A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house.

• Any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle.

• An estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in Bordeaux.

• any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated

• not chaste

• censure severely

• change by restraining or moderating

• correct by punishment or discipline

• a small fragment

• obscene terms for female genitals

• (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• to grasp hastily or eagerly

• to make grasping motions

• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

• To stop the flow of.

• To cease, as the flowing of blood.

• To prop; to make stanch, or strong.

• To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.

• any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers

• an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls