Anagrams of: OQUAT__

• 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

• A cat-sized marsupial, Setonix brachyurus, of southwestern Australia.

• an examination consisting of a few short questions

• examine someone's knowledge of something

• 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

• a hearty draft

• to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

• A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

• Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes

• an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians

• shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

• shake with fast, tremulous movements

• shake with seismic vibrations