Anagrams of: CALA_

• A wattle-and-mud hut common in Mexico and the south-western US.

• a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

• An expression of sorrow or mourning.

• (1970s, 1980s) Pizza.

• the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

• be without

• To be insufficiently prepared

• pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

• lacking in firmness or tension; not taut

• lacking in rigor or strictness

• emptying easily or excessively

• a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping

• provide with calks

• seal with caulking

• injure with a calk

• United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1898-1978)

• a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

• United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)

• water soaked soil; soft wet earth

• the dead body of a human being

• sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles

• a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

• a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

• a bird's foot

• move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging

• clutch as if in panic

• scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails

• attack as if with claws