Anagrams of: SWITCHMAN

• control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

• an event in which one thing is substituted for another

• hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

• railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

• a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

• a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

• the act of changing one thing or position for another

• change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

• exchange or give (something) in exchange for

• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

• make a shift in or exchange of

• cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

• flog with or as if with a flexible rod

• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

• a sample piece of cloth

• A French style of abstract painting popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

• a small portable timepiece

• a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

• a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

• the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

• the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

• look attentively

• follow with the eyes or the mind

• see or watch

• observe with attention

• be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful

• observe or determine by looking

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

• a female sorcerer or magician

• a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil

• a believer in Wicca

• an ugly evil-looking old woman

• cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

• lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds

• pull or lift up with or as if with a winch

• an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X

• a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables

• a medieval oboe