Anagrams of: AMBOMBA

• arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal

• an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

• strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion

• an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

• throw bombs at or attack with bombs

• fail to get a passing grade

• informal terms for a mother

• a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped, meaning 'Mother'

• a small cake leavened with yeast

• projectiles to be fired from a gun

• Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.

• A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.

• A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs.

• An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet.

• a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

• informal terms for a mother