Anagrams of: HITTHEDIRT_

• a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

• German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)

• the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)

• German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)

• Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman.

• To wuther.

• To what place.

• position 30 in a countable series of things

• coming next after the twenty-ninth in position

• a period of time spent in military service

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• an unforeseen obstacle

• a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls

• a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

• to hook or entangle

• walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

• jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

• travel by getting free rides from motorists

• connect to a vehicle:

• position 30 in a countable series of things

• coming next after the twenty-ninth in position

• A hitchhiker.

• An onsetter.

• A female editor.