Anagrams of: HITCHER

• a period of time spent in military service

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• an unforeseen obstacle

• a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls

• a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

• to hook or entangle

• walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

• jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

• travel by getting free rides from motorists

• connect to a vehicle:

• to this place (especially toward the speaker)

• three times

• a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

• a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings

• the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group

• a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct

• an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting

• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

• make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

• variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz

• the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet