Anagrams of: LATCHSTRINGS

• opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside

• a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

• a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

• stiffen with starch

• an informal conversation

• birds having a chattering call

• songbirds having a chattering call

• talk socially without exchanging too much information

• informal intensifiers

• sharply and harshly discordant

• marked by harshly abusive criticism

• spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key

• catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove

• fasten with a latch