Anagrams of: COLUBER_

• A fabric with an embossed design.

• based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedure

• A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of the head is fitted.

• A cooper's tool for making these grooves.

• armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

• a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play

• a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process

• male roe deer

• domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia

• someone who fights with his fists for sport

• a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China

• a workman employed to pack things into containers

• a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany

• fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong

• a shape distorted by twisting or folding

• fasten with a buckle or buckles

• fold or collapse

• bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

• Cousin (usually as a term of address)

• Because