Anagrams of: HECTICAL

• a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup

• crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions

• nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru

• marked by intense agitation or emotion

• a trite or obvious remark

• an indication of approved or superior status

• a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal

• a seal on a letter

• gum-like substance from the sapodilla

• a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident

• the quantity that was caught

• a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect

• anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)

• a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)

• a restraint that checks the motion of something

• a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window

• a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

• perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily

• reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

• take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• to hook or entangle

• attract and fix

• capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping

• reach in time

• get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly

• catch up with and possibly overtake

• be struck or affected by

• check oneself during an action

• hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers

• see or watch

• cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled

• detect a blunder or misstep

• grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

• come down with

• start burning

• perceive by hearing

• suffer from the receipt of

• attract; cause to be enamored

• apprehend and reproduce accurately

• take in and retain

• spread or be communicated

• be the catcher

• become aware of

• delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned

• of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics

• conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior

• adhering to ethical and moral principles

• a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)

• a secret store of valuables or money

• (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics

• save up as for future use