Anagrams of: CLIPLEAD_

• (used of foods) preserved in a pickling liquid

• in a quiet and tranquil manner

• in a placid and good-natured manner

• of or relating to words

• of or relating to dictionaries

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the quantity of a crop that is harvested

• the best people or things in a group

• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

• a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

• a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

• a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

• the act of choosing or selecting

• select carefully from a group

• look for and gather

• harass with constant criticism

• provoke

• remove in small bits

• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

• pilfer or rob

• pay for something

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

• hit lightly with a picking motion

• eat intermittently; take small bites of

• extremely crowed or filled to capacity

• pressed together or compressed

• of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi

• obscurely prophetic

• Relating to, or determined by, conditions of the soil, especially as it relates to biological systems.