Anagrams of: ADDELPR

• small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

• a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

• an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

• a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

• propel with a paddle

• play in or as if in water, as of small children

• swim like a dog in shallow water

• walk unsteadily, with short steps

• give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

• stir with a paddle

• covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak

• covered in folds of cloth

• a highwayman who robs on foot

• someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)

• steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down

• ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress

• a row of unravelled stitches

• come unraveled or undone as if by snagging

• appeal or request earnestly

• offer as an excuse or plea

• enter a plea, as in courts of law

• make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts

• of or relating to the feet

• a sustained bass note

• a lever that is operated with the foot

• ride a bicycle

• operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument

• `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military

• a chaplain in one of the military services