Anagrams of: PURLICUES

• a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains

• uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety)

• an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action

• hesitate on moral grounds

• raise scruples

• have doubts about

• a woodworker who joins pieces of wood with a splice

• a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands

• a mechanical device for joining two pieces of paper or film or magnetic tape

• small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals

• cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn

• a sucker on the feet of certain flies

• light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork

• any coniferous tree of the genus Picea

• marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

• make neat, smart, or trim

• dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion

• A mild curse or expression of surprise.

• a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together

• joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together

• join the ends of

• perform a marriage ceremony

• join together so as to form new genetic combinations

• join by interweaving strands

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• make a summary (of)