Anagrams of TARQUIN_

• 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

• an examination consisting of a few short questions

• examine someone's knowledge of something

• Any of 72 rays associated with the Sun, six for each of the 12 houses of the Zodiac.

• Of fifth rank or order.

• Consisting of five things; arranged in fives.

• To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

• a strange attitude or habit

• a narrow groove beside a beading

• twist or curve abruptly

• (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

• having an agreeably pungent taste

• engagingly stimulating or provocative

• attracting or delighting

• (sometimes derogatory) A citizen of the United States of America, as opposed to a Latin American.

• a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man

• a homogeneous polynomial having at least two variables

• an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree