Anagrams of: TAXIMEN_

• A Brazilian dance in a rapid 2/4 time, influenced by the tango and polka.

• A deep blue variety of beryl.

• A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

• a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him

• an evil spell

• cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

• foredoom to failure

• (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

• a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

• carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• question closely

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

• a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

• English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

• tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

• a strong yellow color