Anagrams of: ULTCH_

• the act of grasping

• a tense critical situation

• a number of birds hatched at the same time

• a collection of things or persons to be handled together

• a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand

• a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism

• a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism

• take hold of; grab

• hold firmly, usually with one's hands

• affect

• a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals

• small crude shelter used as a dwelling

• toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric

• Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.

• Young or seed oysters together with the shells and other objects to which they are usually attached.

• Rubbish; debris; refuse.

• A jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, rotates counterclockwise and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate.

• (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine

• a closely cropped haircut; usually for men or boys

• used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner

• (of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance

• A nightcap (hat worn to bed).

• A linen or muslin hat, especially one of a type once commonly worn by elderly women and young children.

• a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion

• cover with mulch

• tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas

• The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves.

• To prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments.

• To accumulate small household items of little value.