Anagrams of: APICALS

• French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)

• a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter

• a programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach

• situated at an apex

• An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.

• a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun

• an instance or single occasion for some event

• any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together

• an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress

• the act of clipping or snipping

• a sharp slanting blow

• sever or remove by pinching or snipping

• run at a moderately swift pace

• attach with a clip

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

• the skin that covers the top of the head

• sell illegally, as on the black market

• remove the scalp of

• a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together

• the act of grasping

• hold firmly and tightly

• fasten with or as if with a brooch

• fasten with a buckle or buckles

• grasp firmly

• savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables

• the brightest star in Virgo