Anagrams of: SQUINCHES_

• skillful performance or ability without difficulty

• intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay

• a rate that is rapid

• having eyes half closed in order to see better

• a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)

• crouch down

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

• move faster

• make keen or more acute

• give life or energy to

• show signs of life

• give new life or energy to

• an examination consisting of a few short questions

• examine someone's knowledge of something

• easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility

• move faster

• make keen or more acute

• give life or energy to

• show signs of life

• give new life or energy to

• satisfy (thirst)

• put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

• suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

• suppress or crush completely

• reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance

• cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid

• A traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship. It was originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor.

• (by extension) Any two-handled drinking vessel or trophy.