Anagrams of: OURLIES

• the act of soiling something

• small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits

• a worker who oils engines or machinery

• a well that yields or has yielded oil

• a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk

• a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

• something regarded as a normative example

• prescribed guide for conduct or action

• (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• the duration of a monarch's or government's power

• dominance or power through legal authority

• directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted

• any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

• measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

• exercise authority over; as of nations

• decide with authority

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• decide on and make a declaration about

• have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

• mark or draw with a ruler

• keep in check

• a contestant who loses the contest

• a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

• a gambler who loses a bet

• United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)