Anagrams of: ABSTU

• a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

• an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

• forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

• excluded from use or mention

• The guard at the end of the grip of a sword.

• the lowest brass wind instrument

• a complete failure

• the chest of a woman

• a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

• an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

• lacking funds

• ruin completely

• search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• go to pieces

• break open or apart suddenly and forcefully

• a sudden sharp feeling

• a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

• informal words for any attempt or effort

• use a knife on

• stab or pierce

• poke or thrust abruptly

• informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

• the lowest brass wind instrument

• a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost

• a small piece

• a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt

• the part of a check that is retained as a record

• the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

• pull up (weeds) by their roots

• extinguish by crushing

• clear of weeds by uprooting them

• strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object

• lie adjacent to another or share a boundary