Anagrams of: ARQUATA_

• colorless glass made of almost pure silica

• a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities

• a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide

• (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3

• fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet

• An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.

• A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.

• A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.

• wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

• a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan

• a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals

• occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)

• a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day

• a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts