Anagrams of: ENCIRCLINGS

• To give a formal (usually written) authorization.

• Authorize officially.

• A giving of license to do something; sanction.

• ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

• an unofficial association of people or groups

• something approximating the shape of a circle

• movement once around a course

• a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

• street names for flunitrazepam

• a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra

• any circular or rotating mechanism

• travel around something

• move in a circular path above (someone or something)

• form or draw a circle around

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

• excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• authorize officially

• the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position

• the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)

• the absence of sound

• a refusal to speak when expected

• the trait of keeping things secret

• cause to be quiet or not talk

• keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure

• To mark with a bracketed sic.

• To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.

• To set upon; to chase; to attack.

• A hairshirt.

• (chiefly in Opus Dei) A leather strap studded with metallic barbs that cut into flesh as a constant reminder of Christ's suffering.

• a clergyman or other person in religious orders