Anagrams of: LIPSTICKING

• vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• preserve in a pickling liquid

• the quantity of a crop that is harvested

• the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)

• makeup that is used to color the lips

• form by tracing with lipstick

• apply lipstick to

• a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie

• To correct minutiae or find fault in unimportant details.

• To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.

• dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)

• extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary