Anagrams of: EAKES

• a reason for wanting something done

• Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

• the purpose of achieving or obtaining

• the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

• try to get or reach

• try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

• make an effort or attempt

• go to or towards

• inquire for

• widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh

• red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe

• Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.

• large brownish-green New Zealand parrot

• make a request or demand for something to somebody

• direct or put; seek an answer to

• consider obligatory; request and expect

• address a question to and expect an answer from

• require as useful, just, or proper

• make a date

• require or ask for as a price or condition

• (obsolete except Britain) An addition.

• A small stand on which a beehive is placed.

• A spacer put between or over or under hive parts to make more space: see http//www.dave-cushman.net/bee/eke.html

• Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.

• Also; in addition to.