Anagrams of: DONMARQUIS_

• an examination consisting of a few short questions

• examine someone's knowledge of something

• the act of wiggling

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

• a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree

• a cheese dish made with egg and bread crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes

• a small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions

• a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess

• permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.

• belonging to some prior time

• 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.

• (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

• Any of 72 rays associated with the Sun, six for each of the 12 houses of the Zodiac.

• Of fifth rank or order.

• Consisting of five things; arranged in fives.

• To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.