Anagrams of DETENTS

• a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

• tested and proved useful or correct

• tested and proved to be reliable

• having inflections to indicate tense

• dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards

• a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young

• a kind of gun emplacement

• a cosy or secluded retreat

• a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality

• furniture pieces made to fit close together

• inhabit a nest, usually after building

• fit together or fit inside

• move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

• gather nests

• having open interstices or resembling a web

• a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)

• a web that resembles a tent or carpet

• live in or as if in a tent

• a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

• in such a manner as could not be otherwise

• permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

• hard to pass through because of dense growth

• having high relative density or specific gravity

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• having component parts closely crowded together