Anagrams of: PERKINESS

• cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

• inappropriate playfulness

• causing irritation or annoyance

• a light shade of red

• any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

• a person with mildly leftist political views

• of a light shade of red

• make light, repeated taps on a surface

• sound like a car engine that is firing too early

• cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

• a transient variation in voltage or current

• sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes

• fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

• (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis

• a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline

• a very high narrow heel on women's shoes

• each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)

• a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)

• a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)

• any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object

• a large stout nail

• stand in the way of

• pierce with a sharp stake or point

• secure with spikes

• bring forth a spike or spikes

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• manifest a sharp increase

• A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.

• One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.

• A stingy person; a cheapskate.

• An amateur.

• One who refuses to go out with friends, or leaves a party early.

• One who pikes (quits or backs out of a promise).

• A male freshman at Cornell University.

• A tramp; a vagrant.