Anagrams of: RICKETTSIAE

• Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice; they cause typhus and other diseases

• any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings

• Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.

• Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering.

• Affected with or suffering from rickets.

• not to be trusted

• having concealed difficulty

• marked by skill in deception

• worn and broken down by hard use

• having a rasping or grating sound

• of or pertaining to arthritis

• having the sticky properties of an adhesive

• moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body

• hot or warm and humid

• hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

• covered with an adhesive material

• (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch

• tastelessly showy

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• an adhesive label

• a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

• a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

• a loud and disturbing noise

• an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

• the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

• a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games

• celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

• make loud and annoying noises

• hit (a ball) with a racket