n. 25B6; noun
a crab shell : CARAPACE, exterior; armour; Zoology exoskeleton. See list.
peanut shells : POD, husk, hull, casing, case, covering, integument; N. Amer. shuck.
shells passing overhead : PROJECTILE, bomb, explosive; grenade; bullet, cartridge. See lists at bullet , projectile .
the metal shell of the car : FRAMEWORK, frame, chassis, skeleton; hull, exterior.
conchoidal, concho-.
25B6; verb
they were shelling peas : HULL, pod, husk; N. Amer. shuck.
rebel artillery shelled the city : BOMBARD, fire on, shoot at, attack, bomb, blitz, strafe.
25A0; shell something out (informal) . See pay verb sense 2.
Seashells
abalone nutmeg shell
angel wing nut shell
ark shell olive
auger ormer
basket shell otter shell
bonnet oyster
bubble shell oyster drill
canoe shell partridge shell
carpet shell pearly nautilus
carrier shell pelican's foot
cask shell pen shell
chambered nautilus periwinkle
chank pheasant shell
clam piddock
coat-of-mail pyramid shell
cockle quahog
cock's-comb oyster queen scallop
conch razor shell
cone rock shell
cowrie saddle oyster
cup-and-saucer scallop
date mussel sea snail
dog whelk slipper limpet
dove shell slit limpet
drill slit shell
drupe spider conch
ear shell spindle shell
fighting conch spire shell
fig shell staircase shell
file shell sundial
flamingo tongue sunset shell
frog shell tellin
furrow shell thorny oyster
gaper tiger cowrie
giant clam tooth shell
hard clam top shell
harp tower shell
heart cockle triton
helmet triton's trumpet
hoof shell trough shell
horn shell trumpet shell
horse mussel tulip shell
jewel box tun
jingle shell turban
junonia turkey wing
keyhole limpet turret shell
lima tusk shell
limpet umbrella shell
lion's paw vase shell
lucine venus
marginella Venus clam
mitre violet sea snail
money cowrie volute
moon shell wedge shell
murex wentletrap
mussel whelk
nautilus wing oyster
necklace shell winkle
nerite worm shell
Noah's ark zebra mussel