Anagrams of: CROCI_

• pertaining to animals or animal life or action

• Cousin (usually as a term of address)

• Because

• a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

• nonsense; foolish talk

• an earthen jar (made of baked clay)

• release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric

• soil with or as with crock

• 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

• relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus

• a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes

• United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961)

• of or relating to or characteristic of comedy

• a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

• arousing or provoking laughter

• elegance by virtue of being fashionable

• elegant and stylish

• the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health