Anagrams of STRATUS__

• 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 cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

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

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

• short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

• (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

• any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

• edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable

• a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• (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