Anagrams of: CRACKBRAIN

• a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel

• lodge in barracks

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• laugh at with contempt and derision

• a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman

• a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman

• rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

• a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

• To stop working (of an electronic device)

• English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)

• a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

• twist (a body part) into a strained position

• having the wind against the forward side of the sails

• by surprise

• related to or located at the back

• the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine

• the side that goes last or is not normally seen

• the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

• (football) a person who plays in the backfield

• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

• the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

• the part of a garment that covers the back of your body

• a support that you can lean against while sitting

• (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

• in or to or toward a former location

• at or to or toward the back or rear

• in or to or toward an original condition

• in or to or toward a past time

• in reply

• in repayment or retaliation

• located at or near the back of an animal

• of an earlier date

• be behind; approve of

• travel backward

• give support or one's approval to

• cause to travel backward

• support financial backing for

• be in back of

• place a bet on

• shift to a counterclockwise direction

• establish as valid or genuine

• strengthen by providing with a back or backing

• any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses

• a bad-tempered person

• a whimsically eccentric person

• an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

• a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

• (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

• travel along a zigzag path

• start by cranking

• rotate with a crank

• fasten with a crank

• bend into the shape of a crank