Anagrams of: HOLLYHOCKS

• any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea

• any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers

• a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare

• someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest

• British slang (dated) for a prison

• so tight as to tend to choke

• failure to attend (especially school)

• A chicken, especially a hen.

• A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.

• A fool.

• merchandise that is shoddy or inferior

• the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

• the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

• a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body

• (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor

• an instance of agitation of the earth's crust

• an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

• a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field

• a bushy thick mass (especially hair)

• a sudden jarring impact

• a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• strike with horror or terror

• collide violently

• collect or gather into shocks

• subject to electrical shocks

• inflict a trauma upon

• difficult to please