Anagrams of: DROPHEAD

• a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers

• a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade

• a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole

• come back to

• play the harp

• a secret store of valuables or money

• save up as for future use

• get or gather together

• A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi - xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.

• a specific instance of feeling hopeful

• United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)

• the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled

• grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

• someone (or something) on which expectations are centered

• one of the three Christian virtues

• expect and wish

• be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes

• intend with some possibility of fulfilment

• covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak

• covered in folds of cloth

• a person who hopes

• a highwayman who robs on foot

• One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings.

• (in modern Greece) A superintendent or curator.