Anagrams of: DECLUTCHING

• closed or squeezed together tightly

• the act of grasping

• a tense critical situation

• a number of birds hatched at the same time

• a collection of things or persons to be handled together

• a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand

• a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism

• a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism

• take hold of; grab

• hold firmly, usually with one's hands

• affect

• repeated regularly without thought or originality

• any undertaking that is easy to do

• stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place

• a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps

• tie a cinch around

• make sure of

• get a grip on; get mastery of

• The method of performance in any art; technique.

• (in the plural) Technical terms or objects; things pertaining to the practice of an art or science.

• (in the plural) The doctrine of arts in general; those branches of learning that relate to the arts.

• Technical

• not set afire or burning

• without illumination

• man with strong sexual desires