Anagrams of: GULCHING__

• an examination consisting of a few short questions

• examine someone's knowledge of something

• a soft partly suppressed laugh

• laugh quietly or with restraint

• 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

• any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

• with little or no delay

• accomplished rapidly and without delay

• hurried and brief

• moving quickly and lightly

• apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

• performed with little or no delay

• easily aroused or excited

• 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 tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables)

• a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala

• the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche

• a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric

• informal terms for a meal

• the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade

• a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill

• throw carelessly

• throw away

• pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth