Anagrams of: BISHOPSPINE_

• (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon

• an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret

• one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians

• (chiefly Britain) The face.

• a colorless gas with a strong fishy smell; used as a pesticide

• the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation

• a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa

• a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor

• a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years

• used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather

• the end of a long bone; initially separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage that eventually ossifies so the parts become fused

• a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin

• leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)

• (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt

• (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus

• a colorless gas with a strong fishy smell; used as a pesticide

• the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet