Anagrams of: OPICS__

• the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm

• enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space

• having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere

• suggesting connivance

• the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

• English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)

• a person trained to compete in sports

• a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise

• marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell

• the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia

• fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released

• a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines

• A padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg.

• A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer).

• A work of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community.

• exacting especially about details

• Suffering from pox

• Sickening; unsatisfactory; generally bad