Acorn-shell
(n.) One of the sessile cirripeds |
Argus shell
() A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail. |
Ark shell
() A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies. |
Bank
(n.) A bench |
Bank
(n.) A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level |
Bank
(n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine. |
Bank
(n.) The margin of a watercourse |
Bank
(n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea |
Bank
(n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working. |
Bank
(n.) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. |
Bank
(n.) The ground at the top of a shaft |
Bank
(v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about |
Bank
(v. t.) To heap or pile up |
Bank
(v. t.) To pass by the banks of. |
Bank
(n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley |
Bank
(n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit. |
Bank
(n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc. |
Bank
(n.) A sort of table used by printers. |
Bank
(n.) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. |
Bank
(n.) An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange |
Bank
(n.) The building or office used for banking purposes. |
Bank
(n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business |
Bank
(n.) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses. |
Bank
(n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw. |
Bank
(v. t.) To deposit in a bank. |
Bank
(v. i.) To keep a bank |
Bank
(v. i.) To deposit money in a bank |
Bank bill
() In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency |
Bank bill
() In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency. |
Bank book
() A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank. |
Bank note
() A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand. |
Bank note
() Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date |
Bank note
() A promissory note payable at a bank. |
Bank-sided
(a.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship |
Bank swallow
() See under 1st Bank, n. |
Boat shell
() A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck. |
Boat shell
() A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba. |
Bubble shell
() A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata. |
Double-bank
(v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. |
Ear-shell
(n.) A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis |
Fig-shell
(n.) A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form. |
Goroon shell
() A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale). |
Hard-shell
(a.) Unyielding |
Ioqua shell
() The shell of a large Dentalium (D. pretiosum), formerly used as shell money, and for ornaments, by the Indians of the west coast of North America. |
Maara shell
() A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament. |
Mail-shell
(n.) A chiton. |
Mask shell
() Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture. |
Mussel
(n.) Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidae. The common mussel (Mytilus edulis |
Mussel
(n.) Any one of numerous species of Unio, and related fresh-water genera |
Pouch-shell
(n.) A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum). |
| bank shot | a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop |
| bank | a flight maneuver, aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning), the plane went into a steep bank |
| vertical bank | a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical |
| bank closing | act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure |
| bank withdrawal | the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank |
| bank run | the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they think it will fail |
Russian bank
crapette | solitaire with two players using separate packs |
shell game
thimblerig | a swindling sleight-of-hand game, victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under |
conchology
shell collecting | the collection and study of mollusc shells |
| bank examination | an examination of the affairs and records of a bank by a state or federal bank examiner |
bank martin
bank swallow
sand martin
Riparia riparia | swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks |
budgerigar
budgereegah
budgerygah
budgie
grass parakeet
lovebird shell parakeet
Melopsittacus undulatus | small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors |
carapace
shell cuticle
shield a | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
| shell | the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod |
| scallop shell | a shell of a scallop |
| oyster shell | a shell of an oyster |
tooth shell
tusk shell | any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing |
abalone
ear-shell | any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior |
| scorpion shell | any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines |
moon shell
moonshell | marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires |
| bubble shell | marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell |
chiton
coat-of-mail shell
sea cradle
polyplacophore | primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates |
soft-shell clam
steamer
steamer clam
long-neck clam
Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
quahog
quahaug
hard-shell clam
hard clam
round clam
Venus mercenaria
Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
| ark shell | marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface |
| mussel | marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc. |
marine mussel
mytilid | marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell, live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones |
edible mussel
Mytilus edulis | a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks |
freshwater mussel
freshwater clam | bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States |
| pearly-shelled mussel | the pearly lining of the dark shells is a source of mother-of-pearl |
| thin-shelled mussel | mussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth |
zebra mussel
Dreissena polymorpha | inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe, clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels |
| hard-shell crab | edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell |
soft-shell crab
soft-shelled crab | edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell |
seed shrimp
mussel shrimp
ostracod | tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell |
brachiopod
lamp shell
lampshell | marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food, found worldwide |
| artillery shell | a shell fired by artillery |
bank
bank building | a building in which the business of banking transacted, the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon |
blank
dummy blank shell | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet |
| bottle bank | a place where bottles can be deposited for recycling |
| gas shell | (military) bomb consisting of an explosive projectile filled with a toxic gas that is released when the bomb explodes |
mess jacket
monkey jacket
shell jacket | waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back, worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners |
oyster bed
oyster bank
oyster park | a workplace where oysters are bred and grown |
piggy bank
penny bank | a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig) |
| plate scale shell | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
racing skiff
single shell | a shell for a single oarsman |
savings bank
coin bank
money box bank | a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home, the coin bank was empty |
| shell | ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile, fired from a large gun |
| shell case casing | the housing or outer covering of something, the clock has a walnut case |
| shell racing shell | a very light narrow racing boat |