Anagrams of: BATOONS

• state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

• a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

• a short stout club used primarily by policemen

• a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority

• a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette

• a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race

• a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

• an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

• excluded from use or mention

• forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

• declare as sacred and forbidden

• footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg

• compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• protective casing for something that resembles a leg

• an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg

• a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed

• the act of delivering a blow with the foot

• kick; give a boot to

• cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes

• the act of giving hope or support to someone

• an increase in cost

• the act of giving a push

• increase

• give a boost to; be beneficial to

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• increase or raise

• push or shove upward, as if from below or behind

• a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

• a short stout club used primarily by policemen

• a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority

• a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette

• a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race

• a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

• an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

• excluded from use or mention

• forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

• declare as sacred and forbidden

• speaking of yourself in superlatives

• show off

• wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

• a shoe carved from a single block of wood

• footwear usually with wooden soles

• a small vessel for travel on water

• a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce

• ride in a boat on water