Anagrams of: JILBAB_

• a headscarf worn by Muslim women; conceals the hair and neck and usually has a face veil that covers the face

• the custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home

• upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame

• your occupation or line of work

• an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca

• crested largely blue bird

• United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)

• the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

• the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

• holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

• talk socially without exchanging too much information

• talk incessantly and tiresomely

• chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

• censure severely or angrily

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

• shift from one side of the ship to the other

• the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba