Anagrams of QUADRATURA__

• a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom

• French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)

• a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics

• 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 shallow saucer-like dish, mounted either on a stem and foot or on a foot alone.

• an examination consisting of a few short questions

• examine someone's knowledge of something

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

• any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp

• small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp

• involving the second and no higher power of a quantity or degree

• an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square

• a polynomial of the second degree

• 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

• the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure