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. |
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. |
Complete (a.) Filled up |
Complete (a.) Finished |
Complete (a.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form |
Complete (v. t.) To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency |
Construction (n.) The process or art of constructing |
Construction (n.) The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything |
Construction (n.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence |
Construction (n.) The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact |
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 |
House (n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind |
House (n.) Household affairs |
House (n.) Those who dwell in the same house |
House (n.) A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred |
House (n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature |
House (n.) A firm, or commercial establishment. |
House (n.) A public house |
House (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours. |
House (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. |
House (n.) An audience |
House (n.) The body, as the habitation of the soul. |
House (n.) The grave. |
House (v. t.) To take or put into a house |
House (v. t.) To drive to a shelter. |
House (v. t.) To admit to residence |
House (v. t.) To deposit and cover, as in the grave. |
House (v. t.) To stow in a safe place |
House (v. i.) To take shelter or lodging |
House (v. i.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8. |
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. |
Lombard-house (n.) Alt. of Lombar-house |
Lombar-house (n.) A bank or a pawnbroker's shop. |
Lombar-house (n.) A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged |
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. |
Moot-house (n.) A hall for public meetings |
Pouch-shell (n.) A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum). |
Rice-shell (n.) Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella. |
Shell (n.) A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal. |
Shell (n.) The covering, or outside part, of a nut |
Shell (n.) A pod. |
house | play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults, the children were playing house |
painting house painting | the occupation of a house painter, house painting was the only craft he knew |
complete blood count CBC blood profile | counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in cubic millimeter of blood |
shell game thimblerig | a swindling sleight-of-hand game, victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under |
construction | drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem, the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem |
construction building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
road construction | the construction of roads |
conchology shell collecting | the collection and study of mollusc shells |
construction building | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones, their main business is home construction, workers in the building trades |
house arrest | confinement to your own home |
Monmouth Court House Battle of Monmouth Court House Battle of Monmouth | a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution () that ended with the withdrawal of British forces |
house finch linnet Carpodacus mexicanus | small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico |
English sparrow house sparrow Passer domesticus | small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe |
house wren Troglodytes aedon | common American wren that nests around houses |
house martin Delichon urbica | common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses |
milk snake house snake milk adder checkered adder Lampropeltis triangulum | nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot, southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes |
house centipede Scutigera coleoptrata | long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars |
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 |
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 |
domestic cat house cat Felis domesticus Felis catus | any domesticated member of the genus Felis |
housefly house fly Musca domestica | common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases |
European house cricket Acheta domestica | lives in human dwellings, naturalized in parts of America |
brachiopod lamp shell lampshell | marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food, found worldwide |
house mouse Mus musculus | brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide |
apartment building apartment house | a building that is divided into apartments |
apiary bee house | a shed containing a number of beehives |
artillery shell | a shell fired by artillery |
beach house | a house built on or near a beach |
c Bedlam booby hatch crazy house cuckoo's nest funny farm funny house loony bin madhouse nut house nuthouse sanatorium snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
blank dummy blank shell | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet |
boarding house boardinghouse | a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests |
brokerage house brokerage | place where a broker conducts his business |
building supply store building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
chapterhouse fraternity house frat house | a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity |
charnel house charnel | a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited |
cinema movie theater movie theatre movie house picture palace | a theater where films are shown |