Anagrams of: BISHOPING

• a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

• port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

• (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

• a specific instance of feeling hopeful

• United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)

• the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled

• grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

• someone (or something) on which expectations are centered

• one of the three Christian virtues

• expect and wish

• be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes

• intend with some possibility of fulfilment

• a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube

• a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled

• convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon

• move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action

• socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)

• man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet

• a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas

• water with a hose

• a unit of subjective loudness

• a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second

• a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium

• great coolness and composure under strain

• be motionless, in suspension

• prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult

• cause to be balanced or suspended

• hold or carry in equilibrium

• a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

• small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

• a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)

• do one's shopping

• do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

• shop around; not necessarily buying

• give away information about somebody