Anagrams of: URCHIN_

• a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende

• coat or cover with zinc

• a compact mass

• a substantial amount

• put together indiscriminately

• group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side

• make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird

• an impression that something might be the case

• the act of bending yourself into a humped position

• round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

• any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

• the sound of something crunching

• a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)

• the act of crushing

• make a crushing noise

• press or grind with a crushing noise

• crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

• awkwardly simple and provincial

• combination of breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning

• eat a meal in the late morning

• lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds

• pull or lift up with or as if with a winch

• toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric