Anagrams of: SHAMUS_

• any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

• edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable

• a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• put down by force or intimidation

• declare invalid

• a medieval oboe

• An abrupt, damaging breakdown or failure.

• A violent collision involving one or more vehicles.

• Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and other genera in Anacardiaceae, particularly the elm-leaved sumac, Sicilian sumac, or tanner's sumac (Rhus coriaria).

• Dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus, particularly the tanner's sumac (see sense 1), used for dyeing and tanning leather or for medicinal purposes.

• A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the berries of tanner's sumac.

• the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

• wait in hiding to attack

• hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing

• having the consistency of mush

• effusively or insincerely emotional

• 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

• a deep opening in the earth's surface