Anagrams of: PERPENDING

• the act of grasping

• the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

• a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

• the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)

• worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made

• an intellectual hold or understanding

• a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place

• hold fast or firmly

• to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match

• to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe

• informal abbreviation of `representative'

• a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs

• the short weak cry of a young bird

• a secret look

• look furtively

• cause to come into view

• make high-pitched sounds

• speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice

• appear as though from hiding

• To ponder, consider.

• A brick or stone that has its longest dimension perpendicular to the face of a wall, especially one that extends through the wall's entire thickness.

• A vertical joint (usually mortar) between bricks or blocks in a horizontal course.

• stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

• awaiting conclusion or confirmation

• a ladle that has a cup with a long handle

• a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris

• small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage

• a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

• small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom