Answer: cocks

AnswerCrossword Clue
COCKSRulers of the roost
cocksmale bird
cocksvalve
cocksto set the cock of (a gun)
cocksrooster
cocksCOCK, to tilt to one side
cocksto turn up or to one side
cocksthe hammer in a gun
COCKSFighting fowl
COCKSPrepares to fire a gun
COCKSReadies, as a firearm
COCKSGets ready to fire
COCKSCrowers
COCKSWeathervanes
COCKSTilts.
COCKSSome birds.
COCKSPiles, as of hay.
COCKSFaucets.
COCKSGets ready to shoot
COCKSReadies a revolver
COCKSPrepares to fire