Anagrams of: RICHTERSCALE

• Characterized by scratches.

• (chiefly of a sore throat) Annoying, irritating, itchy.

• (of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.

• (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.

• a workman who uses a tool for scratching

• a person who scratches to relieve an itch

• a device used for scratching

• give religious instructions to

• examine through questioning and answering

• either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing

• having concealed difficulty

• likely to attract attention

• a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century

• the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage

• a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup

• To scratch.

• A grated crib or manger.

• The vertical planks at the forward end of the hold of a traditional English narrowboat which constrain the cargo and support the top plank or walkway.

• A swelling on a horse's pastern, under the fetlock.

• crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions

• nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru