Anagrams of: AADGIR

• A member of the national police force of the Republic of Ireland, the Gardaí.

• the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

• something that slows or delays progress

• something tedious and boring

• clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• the act of dragging (pulling with force)

• pull, as against a resistance

• draw slowly or heavily

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• move slowly and as if with great effort

• to lag or linger behind

• suck in or take (air)

• use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it

• walk without lifting the feet

• search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

• persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

• proceed for an extended period of time

• a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines

• a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region

• a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material

• an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube

• a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat

• one-hundredth of a right angle

• a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

• prepare oneself for a military confrontation

• put a girdle on or around

• bind with something round or circular

• the site of an archeological exploration

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)

• the act of digging

• the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow

• turn up, loosen, or remove earth

• create by digging

• work hard

• remove, harvest, or recover by digging

• thrust down or into

• remove the inner part or the core of

• poke or thrust abruptly

• get the meaning of something

• a sudden short attack

• an attempt by speculators to defraud investors

• search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

• enter someone else's territory and take spoils

• take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock

• search for something needed or desired