Anagrams of: OPERAHOOD

• a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers

• a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade

• a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole

• come back to

• play the harp

• a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt

• a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling

• a small arch used as croquet equipment

• horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

• bind or fasten with a hoop

• To defecate.

• To dirty something with feces.

• To say "pooh".

• To say "pooh" to.

• One who applies hoops to casks or tubs.

• One who hula hoops.

• The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus).

• any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill

• A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi - xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.

• a specific instance of feeling hopeful

• United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)

• the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled

• grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

• someone (or something) on which expectations are centered

• one of the three Christian virtues

• expect and wish

• be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes

• intend with some possibility of fulfilment

• a person who hopes

• One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings.

• (in modern Greece) A superintendent or curator.

• a ridge that forms a seam between two parts