Anagrams of: BITTERHICKORY

• valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees

• American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts

• a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net

• a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks

• a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne

• a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover

• aggressive remarks and behavior like that of a spiteful malicious woman

• British slang (dated) for a prison

• verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

• the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation