Anagrams of CHIF_

• a person who is in charge

• a person who exercises control over workers

• the head of a tribe or clan

• most important element

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

• the act of putting something in working order again

• an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear

• a determination of the place where something is

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

• cause to be firmly attached

• decide upon or fix definitely

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• take vengeance on or get even

• set or place definitely

• kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

• make fixed, stable or stationary

• make infertile

• influence an event or its outcome by illegal means

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• to be about to do something

• any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

• a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

• awkwardly simple and provincial

• dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

• make off with belongings of others

• A microfiche

• a lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman

• a professional cook