Anagrams of: QUADRANTS_

• 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 situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one

• state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

• (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

• a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1

• a quarter of the circumference of a circle

• any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes

• the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle

• a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies

• a cubelike object

• a square-shaped object

• having four sides and four angles

• a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms

• an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group

• a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task

• a quarter of the circumference of a circle

• any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes

• the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle

• a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• spend extravagantly