Anagrams of: GRUBSTAKING

• Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes which they use to discourage predators.

• A common name applied to various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder, principally in the superfamilies Pentatomoidea and Coreoidea.

• (US Southwest) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.

• tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

• a noise resembling the bark of a dog

• a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

• the sound made by a dog

• speak in an unfriendly tone

• cover with bark

• remove the bark of a tree

• make barking sounds

• tan (a skin) with bark tannins

• a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle

• any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants

• large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

• an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant

• anything that slows or hinders a process

• stop travelling by applying a brake

• cause to stop by applying the brakes

• derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

• be exposed

• play music in a public place and solicit money for it

• making bread or cake or pastry etc.

• cooking by dry heat in an oven

• as hot as if in an oven

• British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)

• United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)

• murder without leaving a trace on the body

• get rid of, silence, or suppress

• a knapsack (usually for a soldier)

• making bread or cake or pastry etc.

• cooking by dry heat in an oven

• as hot as if in an oven