Anagrams of: INQUIRATIONS_

• 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

• the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

• something acquired

• the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

• an ability that has been acquired by training

• a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)

• a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy

• morally objectionable behavior

• an unjust act

• the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use

• an official form on which a request is made

• seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

• make a formal request for official services

• demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service

• A five-line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.

• A five-line poetic form which consists of 1 noun, 2 adjectives, 3 actions, 4 feeling words, then 1 noun that is the same as top noun

• a questioner who is excessively harsh

• an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition