Anagrams of: IRMNESS

• failing in what duty requires

• a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

• laborer who works in a mine

• laborer who works in a mine

• a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

• one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament

• a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together

• a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle

• shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

• an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)

• excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

• explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel

• get from the earth by excavation

• lay mines

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• deep soft mud in water or slush

• a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from

• entrap

• cause to get stuck as if in a mire

• be unable to move further

• soil with mud, muck, or mire