Anagrams of: LOADBEARING

• an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each

• an advantageous purchase

• negotiate the terms of an exchange

• come to terms; arrive at an agreement

• the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

• a structure of boards

• a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers

• the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face

• a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses

• a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)

• hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals

• tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

• go along the rim, like a beard around the chin

• frivolous banter

• capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.)

• wear away

• rub hard or scrub