Anagrams of OPERCA_

• outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape

• an interest followed with exaggerated zeal

• state of violent mental agitation

• a fine crack in a glaze or other surface

• cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

• develop a fine network of cracks

• A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of the head is fitted.

• A cooper's tool for making these grooves.

• a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)

• a person having great power

• someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing

• President.

• Cousin (usually as a term of address)

• Because

• a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact

• strike suddenly and with force

• kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting

• strike at with firepower or bombs

• cook or heat in a microwave oven

• someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another

• a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)

• small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters

• a workman employed to pack things into containers

• a wholesaler in the meat-packing business

• a hiker who wears a backpack