Anagrams of: BACKHANDSTROKE

• a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back

• swim on one's back

• a backhanded blow

• a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers

• having a hard back or cover

• (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

• a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke

• (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward

• hit a tennis ball backhand

• Any animal with a thorny back, especially marine animals, such as:

• A woman over a certain age (variously 26 or 30) who has never married, older than a spinster.

• the back of a horse

• a narrow ridge of hills

• on the back of a horse

• (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

• a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke

• (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward

• hit a tennis ball backhand

• a container that is usually woven and has handles

• a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers

• having a hard back or cover