Anagrams of: SHALM_

• the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba

• preserve of crushed fruit

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• a dense crowd of people

• deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

• press tightly together or cram

• push down forcibly

• crush or bruise

• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

• get stuck and immobilized

• crowd or pack to capacity

• block passage through

• a medieval oboe

• strike hard

• street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

• preserve of crushed fruit

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• a dense crowd of people

• deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

• press tightly together or cram

• push down forcibly

• crush or bruise

• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

• get stuck and immobilized

• crowd or pack to capacity

• block passage through

• strike hard

• a deep opening in the earth's surface

• An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.

• A ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

• An Ottoman sultan.

• A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.

• A caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan.