grooved carpet shell clam almeja fina
dish consisting of rice with shellfish
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English Definitions
shell
N
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
shell
N
the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
shell
N
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
shell
N
the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
shell
N
the exterior covering of a bird's egg
shell
N
a rigid covering that envelops an object
shell
N
a very light narrow racing boat
shell
N
the housing or outer covering of something
shell
N
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
shell
N
the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
shell
V
use explosives on
shell
V
create by using explosives
shell
V
fall out of the pod or husk
shell
V
hit the pitches of hard and regularly
shell
V
look for and collect shells by the seashore
shell
V
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
shell
V
remove from its shell or outer covering
shell
V
remove the husks from
N
a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
shell bean
N
unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking
N
a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
N
the collection and study of mollusc shells
N
a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations
N
a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations
N
a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
N
cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
N
waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners
V
administer or bestow, as in small portions
N
small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
N
the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship
N
a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare
shell stitch
V
make by shell stitching
N
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
shellac
N
lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
shellac
N
a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
shellac
V
cover with shellac
N
a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
N
a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol
N
North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
N
North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
shelled
of animals or fruits that have a shell
N
a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters)
N
English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
Shelley
N
Englishman and romantic poet (1792-1822)
shellfire
N
shooting artillery shells
shellfish
N
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
shellfish
N
invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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