Anagrams of: ATRACKS__

• a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws

• A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail.

• A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed point which can be used to support a load during transfer of personnel or materiel along the cable.

• A line (rope, webbing or cable), attached to a boat at the ends, to which a safety harness can be clipped to restrain falling in rough conditions and to prevent falling overboard.

• (underwater diving) A line fixed at both ends, which may be used to guide a load or a diver along the route of the line. Uses include guidance to and from the underwater work site, and as a means of controlling an underwater search.

• A shallow saucer-like dish, mounted either on a stem and foot or on a foot alone.

• To steal an automobile forcibly from (someone).

• To forcibly steal (a vehicle).

• A shallow saucer-like dish, mounted either on a stem and foot or on a foot alone.

• take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

• A sailor.

• English gin.

• A set of footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.

• Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, laid in a public roadway otherwise formed of an inferior pavement, such as cobblestones, to provide an easy way for wheeled vehicles.

• an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice

• the harsh sound of a duck

• medically unqualified

• utter quacking noises

• act as a medical quack or a charlatan