Anagrams of: CONURBIA_

• a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution

• Any of several small marine clams, of the species Donax variabilis, common in United States coastal waters.

• A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building or road paving material.

• a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides

• a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent

• not restricted to any particular zone or region

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

• before the appearance of life

• a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende

• coat or cover with zinc

• a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)

• a person having great power

• A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

• The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour.