Anagrams of: ECTOPROCT

• shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

• use tariffs to favor domestic industry

• a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

• a small casserole in which individual portions can be cooked and served

• United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883)

• a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs

• United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961)

• United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851)

• make barrels and casks

• A helicopter.

• To helicopter: to transport by helicopter.

• To helicopter: to travel by helicopter.

• To move like a helicopter.

• someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

• a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

• a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

• move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

• to go stealthily or furtively

• grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)

• show submission or fear

• One who copes.

• A floating grog shop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.

• To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.

• To commandeer, appropriate or take over.

• To absorb or assimilate into an established group.

• brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

• a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln

• do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

• work lightly

• move around aimlessly