Anagrams of: SCUTELLUM

• one of the contractile organs of the body

• animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

• a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard

• authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)

• possessing muscular strength

• make one's way by force

• money extracted as a penalty

• deprive of by deceit

• impose a fine on

• An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry of the Roman army.

• A scute.

• A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum)

• One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.

• The kneecap.

• protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium

• stem of plants of the Gramineae

• money extracted as a penalty

• deprive of by deceit

• impose a fine on

• highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet

• freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide

• bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin