Anagrams of PIONINGS

• Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

• a gunshot from a concealed location

• hunt or shoot snipe

• aim and shoot with great precision

• attack in speech or writing

• express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation

• expect, believe, or suppose

• a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second

• a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium

• great coolness and composure under strain

• be motionless, in suspension

• prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult

• cause to be balanced or suspended

• hold or carry in equilibrium

• A horny, sulfur-containing protein, related to keratin, that forms the skeletal structure of certain classes of sponges. A proteinaceous compound of which the spicules in Demospongiae are composed.

• (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

• a feeling of deep longing

• A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year.

• (Sri Lanka) A flexible pole supported on one shoulder, with a load suspended from each end; a carrying pole or carrying yoke.

• (Sri Lanka) A measure of weight equivalent to that which can be carried using a pingo, perhaps about 55 pounds (25 kilograms) (see the 2013 quotation).

• a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack

• any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

• wing of a bird

• bind the arms of

• cut the wings off (of birds)