Anagrams of: COWROTE_

• 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.

• the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum

• the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal

• the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus

• something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation

• an accident that destroys a ship at sea

• a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

• a ship that has been destroyed at sea

• smash or break forcefully

• Cousin (usually as a term of address)

• Because

• performs some wicked deed

• someone you feel sorry for

• of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)

• a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

• a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

• the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured

• the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing

• indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration

• having no measurable or otherwise determinable value

• indicating an initial point or origin

• adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

• adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)

• a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties

• any thick, viscous matter

• the process of seeping

• pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

• release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities