Anagrams of: PALMHOUSES_

• grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.

• put down by force or intimidation

• declare invalid

• leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)

• (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt

• (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus

• any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers

• the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.

• Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal

• leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)

• (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt

• (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus

• any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

• edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable

• a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition