Anagrams of WHAP_

• diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

• an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

• a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

• sell or offer for sale from place to place

• hunt with hawks

• clear mucus or food from one's throat

• a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact

• strike suddenly and with force

• kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting

• strike at with firepower or bombs

• cook or heat in a microwave oven

• any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water

• cover with wax

• go up or advance

• increase in phase

• the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

• the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

• holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

• talk socially without exchanging too much information

• talk incessantly and tiresomely

• chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

• censure severely or angrily

• 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

• To express disgust or contempt.

• Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief.

• the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• hit hard

• Curlew

• the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'