Anagrams of: CAVELS

• release ice

• give birth to (a calf)

• A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.

• To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

• To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.

• To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.

• To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.

• To split.

• Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.

• To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto.

• A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.

• Singular of claves

• release ice

• give birth to (a calf)

• a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

• hollow out as if making a cave or opening

• explore natural caves

• a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

• hollow out as if making a cave or opening

• explore natural caves

• informal term for vacation

• semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

• anything that remedies or heals or soothes

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm

• apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing

• informal term for vacation

• a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat