Anagrams of: PAROTID

• a three-legged rack used for support

• slow and apathetic

• in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

• choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

• take up and practice as one's own

• take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• take into one's family

• put into dramatic form

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

• a part of a river where the current is very fast

• done or occurring in a brief period of time

• characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed

• flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

• the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop

• (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

• fall in drops

• let or cause to fall in drops

• A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit.

• (sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.

• A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.

• A result amongst the best three at a competition.

• A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.

• A foot or footstalk.