Anagrams of: LAUGHINGGULL

• showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness

• affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

• the activity of transporting goods by truck

• United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)

• dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut

• United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)

• persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry

• the frame or body of ship

• a large fishing port in northeastern England

• remove the hulls from

• insulation used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

• a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast

• ancient Celtic god

• a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something

• marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait

• carry with difficulty

• obstruct

• a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.

• accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared

• the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train

• the thickness of wire

• diameter of a tube or gun barrel

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• rub to a uniform size

• determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation

• measure precisely and against a standard

• adapt to a specified measurement

• mix in specific proportions