Anagrams of: CATHARANTHUS

• any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

• hair resembling thatched roofing material

• an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

• plant stalks used as roofing material

• a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)

• cover with thatch

• the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings

• the loin and leg of a quadruped

• the production of young from an egg

• shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

• a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open

• a movable barrier covering a hatchway

• emerge from the eggs

• devise or invent

• inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating

• draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper

• sit on (eggs)

• an impression that something might be the case

• the act of bending yourself into a humped position

• round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

• a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals

• small crude shelter used as a dwelling

• any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated

• A despotic ruler

• a swimming kick used while treading water

• give a thrashing to; beat hard

• move or stir about violently

• dance the slam dance

• beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

• move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation

• beat the seeds out of a grain

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight