Anagrams of: DOORPLATE

• the pelt of a leopard

• large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

• an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)

• a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface

• a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead

• armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target

• any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges

• attack or hit with torpedoes

• a larval frog or toad

• a promise

• a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

• (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with

• release a criminal from detention and place him on parole

• a tiny drop

• a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child

• The end diastolic pressure that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest geometric dimensions under variable physiologic demand.

• To load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale).

• To drink (cheaper) alcohol at home before going out socially.