Anagrams of: RANKLING

• gnaw into; make resentful or angry

• position on a scale in relation to others in status or rank or achievement

• having a higher rank

• an informer or spy working for the police

• a lawman concerned with narcotics violations

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• inform or spy (for the police)

• To walk.

• To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.

• North American songbirds having a yellow breast

• a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage

• any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

• any carefree episode

• play boisterously

• a dissolute man in fashionable society

• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

• a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

• move through with or as if with a rake

• level or smooth with a rake

• sweep the length of

• examine hastily

• gather with a rake

• scrape gently

• wild ass of Tibet and Mongolia

• a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

• United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

• a competitor who holds a preeminent position

• United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)

• a very wealthy or powerful businessman

• United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)

• preeminence in a particular category or group or field

• a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward

• one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king

• (chess) the weakest but the most important piece

• (originally United States slang) A guy, a fellow, especially a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man.