Anagrams of: CHURCHES

• one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

• a place for public (especially Christian) worship

• a service conducted in a house of worship

• the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church

• perform a special church rite or service for

• A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.

• A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.

• A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.

• To flute or pleat (fabric).

• To bunch up (fabric); to ruck up.

• leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

• a dense crowd of people

• temporary love of an adolescent

• the act of crushing

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• break into small pieces

• humiliate or depress completely

• crush or bruise

• make ineffective

• become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

• (poetic) tranquil silence

• become quiet or still; fall silent

• cause to be quiet or not talk

• become quiet or quieter

• wash by removing particles

• run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals