Shell

Noun

 * 1) The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
 * In some mollusks, as the cuttlefish, the shell is concealed by the animal's outer mantle and is considered internal.
 * Genuine mother of pearl buttons are made from sea shells.
 * 1) The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
 * 2)  The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
 * 3) The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
 * The black walnut and the hickory nut, both of the same Genus'' as the pecan, have much thicker and harder shells than the pecan.
 * 1) A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
 * 2) NaN undefineds Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
 * 3) The conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
 * 4) The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
 * 5) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
 * 6) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
 * 7) A hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a seige mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site  so that it will burst and scattered at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb (q.v.).
 * 8) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
 * 9) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
 * 10) A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
 * 11) A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
 * 12)  A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
 * The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
 * 1)  The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
 * 2) An engraved copper roller used in print works.
 * 3)  The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
 * 4)  The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
 * 5)  A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
 * 6)  An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter.
 * The name shell originates from it being viewed as an outer layer of interface between the user and the internals of the operating system.
 * The name "Bash" is an acronym which stands for "Bourne-again shell", itself a pun on the name of the "Bourne shell", an earlier Unix shell designed by Stephen Bourne, and the Christian concept of being "born again".
 * 1)  A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
 * 2) An emaciated person.
 * He's lost so much weight from illness; he's a shell of his former self.
 * 1) A psychological barrier to social interaction.
 * Even after months of therapy he's still in his shell.

Derived terms

 * clamshell
 * come out of one’s shell
 * eggshell
 * seashell
 * shellfish
 * shell script
 * shell suit
 * tortoiseshell

Verb

 * 1) To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.
 * 2) To bombard, to fire projectiles at.
 * 3)  To disburse or give up money, to pay.  (Often used with out).

Derived terms

 * shell out

Verbs for Shell
(cannon)

clinch—; crack—; deflect—; rain—s; —annihilates; —blots out; —bursts; —crashes; —cripples; —demolishes; —detonates; — devastates; —discharges ; —dismembers; — effaces; —erases; —obliterates; —plasters; —puffs; —rends; —screams; —sighs; — shatters; —smoulders; —uproots; —whines; ——whistles ; —whizzes.

Adjectives for Shell
(general)

curved; fantastic; skimmed; hissing; rifled; awe-inspiring; orchestra; blazing; almond-shaped; veined; withered; crumbling; bivalve; splitting; knife-edged; screeching; chorded; spherical; tainted; sputtering; outgrown ; box-like; misgrown; clinging; microscopic; single; solid; glass; bursting; soundless; woody; reflecting; sea; castaway.

Thesaurus
Eustachian tube, L, R, acting area, aim at, alveolation, alveolus, ante up, antrum, anvil, apron, apron stage, armadillo shell, armature, armor, armor plate, armpit, atom, atomic model, attack, auditory apparatus, auditory canal, auditory meatus, auditory nerve, auditory ossicles, auditory tube, auricle, backstage, ball, ball cartridge, band shell, bandstand, bar shot, bark, barrage, basilar membrane, basin, bird shot, blank cartridge, blast, blitz, board, body armor, bomb, bombard, bony labyrinth, border, bowl, bran, bridge, buckler, buckshot, bullet, bulletproof vest, cadre, cannon, cannon shot, cannonade, cannonball, capsule, cartouche, cartridge, case, case shot, casement, casing, cauliflower ear, cavity, chaff, chain armor, chain mail, chassis, chitin, chiton, circumference, clam shell, coat of mail, cochlea, cockleshell, cocoa shell, commence firing, concave, concavity, conch, concha, corn shuck, cornhusk, cortex, coulisse, covering, cowrie, crater, crossbar shot, crust, crypt, cup, decorticate, depression, dip, disburse, dish out, dock, doorframe, dressing room, drumhead, duck shot, dumdum bullet, ear, ear lobe, eardrum, eggshell, elytron, endolymph, enfilade, envelope, epidermis, episperm, eschar, excorticate, expanding bullet, expend, exterior, external, external ear, externals, fabric, facade, face, facet, fire a volley, fire at, fire upon, flies, fly floor, fly gallery, fold, follicle, forestage, fork out, frame, framework, framing, fringe, front, funnel chest, fusillade, give out, grape, grapeshot, greenroom, grid, gridiron, habergeon, hammer, hand out, hand over, harness, hauberk, hole, hollow, hollow shell, hull, husk, incrustation, incus, inner ear, integument, ion, jacket, lacuna, langrel shot, lattice, latticework, lay out, lightboard, limpet, lineaments, lobe, lobule, lorica, lorication, lug, mail, malleus, manstopping bullet, mastoid process, middle ear, mortar, needles, nuclear atom, nuclide, nutshell, open fire, open up on, orchestra, orchestra pit, organ of Corti, outer ear, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outline, outside, oval window, oyster shell, palea, panoply, pastry shell, pay out, peel, pellet, pepper, performing area, pericarp, perilymph, periphery, periwinkle, picture frame, piecrust, pinna, pit, planetary shell, plate, plate armor, pocket, pod, pop at, projectile, proscenium, proscenium stage, protective covering, punch bowl, rake, rifle ball, rind, round shot, round window, sash, scab, scale, scallop, scoop, scute, scutum, sea shell, secondary eardrum, semicircular canals, shell out, shield, shoot, shoot at, shot, shrapnel, shuck, sink, sinus, skeleton, skin, slough, slug, snipe, snipe at, socket, spend, spines, split shot, stage, stage left, stage right, stalactite, stalagmite, stapes, stirrup, strafe, subshell, suit of armor, superficies, superstratum, surface, switchboard, tagged atom, take aim at, test, testa, the boards, thick skin, top, torpedo, tracer, tracer atom, trough, tympanic cavity, tympanic membrane, tympanum, valence shell, vestibule, vug, whelk, window case, window frame, wings, winkle, zero in on

Etymology
schelle:, from (Anglian) scell: 'eggshell, seashell', (South) sciell:, sciel:, from  (cf. West Frisian skyl: 'peel, rind', Dutch schil: 'peel, skin, rink', Low German undefined: 'shell, scale'), from  'to split, cleave' (cf. Irish scelec: 'pebble', Latin silex: 'pebble, flint', siliqua: 'pod', Old Church Slavonic undefined: 'shell'). More at shale. Doublet of sheal.

Noun

 * Armenian: խեցի,
 * Catalan: closca, conquilla
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 貝, 贝, 貝殼, 贝壳
 * Czech: (of molluscs),  (of crustaceans)
 * Dutch:
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 * Estonian:, of a mollusc,  of a mollusc, kilp of an arthropod or a turtle
 * Finnish:, , (from thinnest to thickest)
 * French:
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 * German:
 * Greek: όστρακο (ostrako), κοχύλι (kokhili) ,
 * Hawaiian:, ,
 * Indonesian: kerang


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 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: (of a mollusc), ракушка, панцирь (of an arthropod or a turtle)
 * Scottish Gaelic: cochall
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: шкољка
 * Roman: školjka
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: กระดอง
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: vỏ
 * Vietnamese: vỏ


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 * Dutch: schaal, eierschaal
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 * Finnish: ,
 * French: coquille
 * Georgian: ნაჭუჭი
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 * Hungarian: héj, tojáshéj
 * Indonesian: cangkang
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 * Japanese: 鞘翅
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 * Scottish Gaelic: cochall


 * Armenian:
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 * Indonesian: tempurung
 * Japanese: 甲羅
 * Spanish: caparazón


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 * Japanese: 甲羅


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 * Greek:
 * Indonesian: selongsong
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 * German:
 * Greek: οβίδα
 * Indonesian: selongsong
 * Japanese: 砲弾
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 * Indonesian: selongsong
 * Japanese: 薬莢


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 * Greek: κέλυφος (kelifos), τερματικό (termatiko)
 * Japanese: シェル
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 * Malay: petala
 * Polish: powłoka walencyjna


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 * : schil, schaal , huls , omhulsel
 * :, of a mollusc,  of a mollusc, kilp of an arthropod or a turtle
 * : Schale
 * : κέλυφος (kelifos), κάψα (kapsa) , τσόφλι (tsofli)


 * : casca, concha
 * : cáscara (fruit), concha  (animal)
 * : skal

Verb

 * Dutch: schillen (fruit), kraken (nut), pellen (fruit or crustacean), doppen (pea)
 * French: décortiquer
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 剥く
 * Spanish: (nut),  (pea)
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 砲撃
 * Spanish:


 * Japanese: 支払う

Anagrams

 * hells