Anagrams of: DEATHWATCHES

• minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers

• bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death

• A pain or ache in the head.

• A nuisance or unpleasant problem.

• something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

• pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs

• hair resembling thatched roofing material

• an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

• plant stalks used as roofing material

• a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)

• cover with thatch

• emerged from an egg

• shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines

• weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians

• a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)

• a small portable timepiece

• a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

• a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

• the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

• the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

• look attentively

• follow with the eyes or the mind

• see or watch

• observe with attention

• be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful

• observe or determine by looking

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort