Anagrams of: OPHIUS__

• an examination consisting of a few short questions

• examine someone's knowledge of something

• any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus

• (chiefly Britain) The face.

• the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)

• (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt

• (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus

• (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon

• an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret

• one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians

• the noise of soft mud being walked on

• walk through mud or mire

• put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action

• the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

• English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)