Anagrams of: COURTLINGS

• a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

• terminate debate by calling for a vote

• a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

• exploring in order to gain information

• hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent

• moving over territory to search for something

• the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

• a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target

• (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being

• a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

• anything that provides inspiration for later work

• a facility where something is available

• a person who supplies information

• someone who originates or causes or initiates something

• (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

• anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

• a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

• get (a product) from another country or business

• specify the origin of

• a target used in archery

• special advantage or influence

• a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood

• (boxing) a blow with the fist

• strike hard, especially with the fist