Anagrams of: BIERS

• a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to Northern Hemisphere

• a coffin along with its stand

• a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial

• soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert

• a coffin along with its stand

• a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial

• the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life

• a dry cold north wind in southeastern France

• `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

• support resembling the rib of an animal

• any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)

• cut of meat including one or more ribs

• a teasing remark

• a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant

• a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural

• form vertical ribs by knitting

• subject to laughter or ridicule