bombshell | (noun) an explosive bomb or artillery shell | - |
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(noun) a shocking surprise | Synonyms: thunderbolt, thunderclap |
(noun) an entertainer who has a sensational effect | - |
bookshelf | (noun) a shelf on which to keep books | - |
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bushel | (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks | - |
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(noun) a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches | - |
clamshell | (noun) the shell of a clam | - |
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(noun) a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam | Synonyms: grapple |
cockleshell | (noun) a small light flimsy boat | - |
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eggshell | (noun) the exterior covering of a bird's egg | Synonyms: shell |
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lampshell | (noun) marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide | Synonyms: brachiopod, lamp shell |
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moonshell | (noun) marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires | Synonyms: moon shell |
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nutshell | (noun) the shell around the kernel of a nut | - |
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seashell | (noun) the shell of a marine organism | - |
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sheldrake | (noun) Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill | - |
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(noun) large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges | Synonyms: fish duck, merganser, sawbill |
shelduck | (noun) female sheldrake | - |
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shelf | (noun) a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects | - |
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(noun) a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water | Synonyms: ledge |
shelfful | (noun) the amount that a shelf will hold | - |
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shell | (noun) the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod | - |
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(noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: carapace, cuticle, shield |
(noun) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun | - |
(noun) a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | Synonyms: plate, scale |
(noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: case, casing |
(noun) a very light narrow racing boat | Synonyms: racing shell |
(noun) a rigid covering that envelops an object | - |
(noun) the exterior covering of a bird's egg | Synonyms: eggshell |
(noun) the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts | - |
(noun) the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals | - |
shellac | (noun) a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood | Synonyms: shellac varnish |
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(noun) lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white | - |
shellbark | (noun) North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts | Synonyms: Carya ovata, shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark hickory |
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sheller | (noun) a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters) | - |
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shellfire | (noun) shooting artillery shells | - |
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shellfish | (noun) invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell | Synonyms: mollusc, mollusk |
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(noun) meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) | - |
shellflower | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: Chelone glabra, shell-flower, snake-head, snakehead, turtlehead |
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(noun) cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes | Synonyms: Alpinia speciosa, Alpinia Zerumbet, Languas speciosa, shall-flower, shell ginger |
shelling | (noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment |
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shelter | (noun) a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger | - |
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(noun) protective covering that provides protection from the weather | - |
(noun) temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons | - |
(noun) a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings | Synonyms: tax shelter |
(noun) the condition of being protected | Synonyms: protection |
shelterbelt | (noun) hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion | Synonyms: windbreak |
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shelver | (noun) a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves | - |
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tortoiseshell | (noun) a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings | Synonyms: calico cat, tortoiseshell-cat |
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(noun) brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles | Synonyms: tortoiseshell butterfly |
(noun) the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles | - |