Anagrams of: CANNONBALL

• back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

• English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)

• English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)

• a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

• a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

• engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

• A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated.

• Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges. Quite often, the Banco Court is an appeals court.

• a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

• heavy gun fired from a tank

• (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm

• heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane

• lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

• a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

• make a cannon

• fire a cannon

• a group of countries in special alliance

• vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids

• The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair