Anagrams of: IERCE_

• being deficient in moisture

• the chief executive department of the United States government

• the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet

• marked by extreme and violent energy

• marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

• ruthless in competition

• violently agitated and turbulent

• a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

• any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

• the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health

• showing your contempt by derision

• laugh at with contempt and derision

• a cry or shout of approval

• the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

• give encouragement to

• show approval or good wishes by shouting

• cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful

• become cheerful

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

• a stack of hay

• pile in ricks

• twist suddenly so as to sprain