Anagrams of CARRICKBEND

• of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century

• used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure

• of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide

• informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

• English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)

• a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

• twist (a body part) into a strained position

• a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches

• rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

• a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

• To stop working (of an electronic device)

• having a back or backing, usually of a specified type

• used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light

• fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions

• large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

• a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered

• a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom

• someone who provides financial support for some venture

• a quarrel about petty points

• argue over petty things