Anagrams of: FIKERY_

• meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

• lacking a steady rhythm

• marked by abrupt transitions

• having or revealing stupidity

• strange and somewhat frightening

• conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

• playful like a lively kitten

• the act of faking (or the product of faking)

• confirm the truth of

• check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

• attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)

• to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

• a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown

• a city in north central Morocco; religious center

• 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