Anagrams of: EXGRATIA_

• A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

• a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal

• attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way

• pay attention to exclusively and obsessively

• make fixed, stable or stationary

• become fixed (on)

• made of or covered with wax

• easily impressed or influenced

• capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

• having the paleness of wax

• (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules

• (geology) a mass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded

• an enclosure within which something originates or develops

• the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded

• the formative tissue at the base of a nail

• mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface

• a superficial abrasion

• the act of grazing

• feed as in a meadow or pasture

• break the skin (of a body part) by scraping

• let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

• scrape gently

• eat lightly, try different dishes

• someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)

• a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)

• a skilled worker who mends or repairs things

• synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction

• a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order