Anagrams of HODC_

• Cousin (usually as a term of address)

• Because

• any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

• tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle

• leave as a guarantee in return for money

• disable by cutting the hock

• informal terms for a meal

• the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism

• breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China

• the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)

• a small cut of meat including part of a rib

• a jaw

• a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball

• a grounder that bounces high in the air

• cut into pieces with repeated blows

• move suddenly

• form or shape by chopping

• strike sharply, as in some sports

• cut with a hacking tool

• hit sharply

• an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

• any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

• a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

• a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

• landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

• the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

• a short or shortened tail of certain animals

• come into dock

• deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

• deduct from someone's wages

• remove or shorten the tail of an animal

• maneuver into a dock

• a straight line connecting two points on a curve

• a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together

• play chords on (a stringed instrument)

• bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing

• a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs

• the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river

• a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape

• a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960

• a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa

• censure severely or angrily