Anagrams of: HEGIRA

• a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment

• the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year

• Sudanese sorghums having white seeds; one variety grown in southwestern United States

• perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

• get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

• examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process

• receive a communication from someone

• listen and pay attention

• a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

• a very small distance or space

• filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

• any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal

• cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments

• a filamentous projection or process on an organism

• a newly hired employee

• the act of hiring something or someone

• engage or hire for work

• hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

• engage for service under a term of contract

• a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

• a person who inherits some title or office

• swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes

• flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food

• run quickly, like a hare

• an ugly evil-looking old woman

• eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies

• smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan

• fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor

• larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia