Anagrams of: CURTISIA__

• 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

• an examination consisting of a few short questions

• examine someone's knowledge of something

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

• Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

• Plants used in making a quickset hedge

• The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.

• Quitchgrass.

• A fast bowler.

• To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.

• To quicken.

• an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice

• the harsh sound of a duck

• medically unqualified

• utter quacking noises

• act as a medical quack or a charlatan

• any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

• with little or no delay

• accomplished rapidly and without delay

• hurried and brief

• moving quickly and lightly

• apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

• performed with little or no delay

• easily aroused or excited