Anagrams of: CURIOSITIES

• one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

• Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.

• The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin (called zest), an inner white skin (called pith or albedo), and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.

• a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy

• the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)

• given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments

• an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement

• (of lichens) having a thin crusty thallus that adheres closely to the surface on which it is growing

• bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women

• bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting

• make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect