ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun

the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts

the exterior covering of a bird's egg

a rigid covering that envelops an object

a very light narrow racing boat

the housing or outer covering of something

a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod

use explosives on

create by using explosives

fall out of the pod or husk

hit the pitches of hard and regularly

look for and collect shells by the seashore

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

remove from its shell or outer covering

remove the husks from

a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod

unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking

a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod

the collection and study of mollusc shells

a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations

a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations

a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under

cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes

waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners

administer or bestow, as in small portions

small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors

the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship

a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare

a crochet stitch

make by shell stitching

showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple

of animals or fruits that have no shell

lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white

a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood

cover with shellac

a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood

a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol

cover with shellac

North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts

North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts

of animals or fruits that have a shell

a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters)

English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)

Englishman and romantic poet (1792-1822)

shooting artillery shells

meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell