Anagrams of BOOTSTRAPPING

• To help (oneself) without the aid of others.

• To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.

• To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.

• To employ a bootstrap method.

• To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.

• The process by which something is bootstrapped.

• make a proposal, declare a plan for something

• present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.

• propose or intend

• put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position

• ask (someone) to marry you

• a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

• the principal character in a work of fiction

• muscular and heavily built

• (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

• (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium

• the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

• the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

• complete attention; intense mental effort

• the mental state of being preoccupied by something

• (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel

• an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

• the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes

• dance the bebop

• hit hard

• a leather strap used to sharpen razors

• sharpen on a strop

• a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership

• a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself

• (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court

• political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema