Anagrams of: PORTMANTUA_

• (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)

• a large strong and aggressive woman

• mainly green tropical American parrots

• a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)

• brittle flat bread eaten at Passover

• a yellow quartz

• a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone

• a light brown the color of topaz

• any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding

• occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)

• a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day

• 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

• (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs)

• a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs

• (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot

• obscene terms for penis