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. |
Curb roof
() A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination |
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. |
Mansard roof
() A hipped curb roof |
Mask shell
() Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture. |
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. |
Roof
(n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering. |
Roof
(n.) That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house |
Roof
(n.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein. |
Roof
(v. t.) To cover with a roof. |
Roof
(v. t.) To inclose in a house |
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. |
Shell
(n.) The hard covering of an egg. |
Shell
(n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like. |
Shell
(n.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering. |
Shell
(n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb. |
Shell
(n.) The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms. |
Shell
(n.) Any slight hollow structure |
Shell
(n.) A coarse kind of coffin |
Shell
(n.) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell. |
Shell
(n.) An engraved copper roller used in print works. |
Shell
(n.) The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc. |
Shell
(n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve. |
Shell
(n.) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper |
Shell
(v. t.) To strip or break off the shell of |
Shell
(v. t.) To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk. |
Shell
(v. t.) To throw shells or bombs upon or into |
Shell
(v. i.) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc. |
Shell
(v. i.) To cast the shell, or exterior covering |
Shell
(v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk |
Shell-lac
(n.) Alt. of Shellac |
Shell-less
(a.) Having no shell. |
Slit-shell
(n.) Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas. |
Soft-shell
(a.) Alt. of Soft-shelled |
Spur-shell
(n.) Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur. |
Tongue-shell
(n.) Any species of Lingula. |