Anagrams of: GULFOFAQABA

• an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret

• large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

• a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)

• meat from an American bison

• any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo

• intimidate or overawe

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

• pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

• the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

• very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

• bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

• deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

• frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

• a shade of blue tinged with green

• A comic singer, particularly in comic opera

• an ardent follower and admirer

• a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen

• bare skin

• a medium to dark tan color

• an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)

• of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

• strike, beat repeatedly

• polish and make shiny

• As; in the capacity of