Anagrams of: WORKCLOTHING

• a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)

• the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe

• causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

• any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

• tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle

• leave as a guarantee in return for money

• disable by cutting the hock

• a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes

• a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

• a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook

• pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon

• large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

• a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

• To eat.

• To call a discarded tile to produce a chow.

• a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission

• try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

• a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked

• actively engaged in paid work

• adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something

• adopted as a temporary basis for further work

• (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

• serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity

• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer