Anagrams of: CATHARTICAL

• a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

• emotionally purging

• emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

• strongly laxative

• so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

• little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

• To scratch.

• A grated crib or manger.

• The vertical planks at the forward end of the hold of a traditional English narrowboat which constrain the cargo and support the top plank or walkway.

• A swelling on a horse's pastern, under the fetlock.

• a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity

• tending to soothe or tranquilize

• of or relating to the enzyme catalase

• a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident

• the quantity that was caught

• a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect

• anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)

• a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)

• a restraint that checks the motion of something

• a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window

• a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

• perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily

• reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

• take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• to hook or entangle

• attract and fix

• capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping

• reach in time

• get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly

• catch up with and possibly overtake

• be struck or affected by

• check oneself during an action

• hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers

• see or watch

• cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled

• detect a blunder or misstep

• grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

• come down with

• start burning

• perceive by hearing

• suffer from the receipt of

• attract; cause to be enamored

• apprehend and reproduce accurately

• take in and retain

• spread or be communicated

• be the catcher

• become aware of

• delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned

• of or pertaining to tactic or tactics

• an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye

• a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice

• An ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar.