Anagrams of: PANJANDRUM_

• an important or influential (and often overbearing) person

• an important or influential (and often overbearing) person

• a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries

• (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers

• A seller of junk.

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• being in a tense state

• someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury

• lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer

• a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

• lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

• a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

• coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan

• a sudden and decisive increase

• an abrupt transition

• (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

• a sudden involuntary movement

• descent with a parachute

• the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

• move forward by leaps and bounds

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• make a sudden physical attack on

• increase suddenly and significantly

• be highly noticeable

• enter eagerly into

• rise in rank or status

• jump down from an elevated point

• run off or leave the rails

• jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

• cause to jump or leap

• start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

• bypass

• pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

• go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions