Anagrams of SCOUSES_

• Cousin (usually as a term of address)

• Because

• the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew

• either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin

• act as the coxswain, in a boat race

• A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.

• A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.

• The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.

• The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.

• Concentration of attention.

• The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).

• The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface.

• The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.

• An object used in casting a magic spell.

• (followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention.

• To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.

• To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.

• To concentrate one’s attention.

• To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.

• To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.

• To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them).

• To drug (liquor).

• To adulterate (food).

• a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol

• A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods.

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

• a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

• special emphasis attached to something

• a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

• a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

• direct one's attention on something

• cause to converge on or toward a central point

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• become focussed or come into focus

• put (an image) into focus