Anagrams of: CURCULIO_

• an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

• a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process

• the liquid in which vegetables or meat have been cooked

• pertaining to animals or animal life or action

• Cousin (usually as a term of address)

• Because

• muishond of northern Africa

• a timepiece that shows the time of day

• measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time

• a short light metallic sound

• a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)

• a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

• depression of a button on a computer mouse

• move or strike with a noise

• make a clicking or ticking sound

• click repeatedly or uncontrollably

• cause to make a snapping sound

• produce a click

• make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens

• become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

• a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

• nonsense; foolish talk

• an earthen jar (made of baked clay)

• release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric

• soil with or as with crock

• English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)

• a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

• twist (a body part) into a strained position

• the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

• bend one's back forward from the waist on down

• sit on one's heels