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Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell..

Sheal :: Sheal (v. t.) To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod..

Buccinoid :: Buccinoid (a.) Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata..

Inoceramus :: Inoceramus (n.) An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period..

Nutshell :: Nutshell (n.) The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.

Vitrina :: Vitrina (n.) A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name..

Sankha :: Sankha (n.) A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell..

Concameration :: Concameration (n.) A chamber of a multilocular shell.

Concave :: Concave (a.) Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky..

Cantrip :: Cantrip (n.) A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.

Cochleated :: Cochleated (a.) Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.

Pustulated :: Pustulated (a.) Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustular; pustulous; as, a pustulate leaf; a pustulate shell or coral..

Porcellaneous :: Porcellaneous (a.) Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells..

Septum :: Septum (n.) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. See Illust. under Nautilus..

Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea..

Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..

Discoid :: Discoid (n.) Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell..

Dolabriform :: Dolabriform (a.) Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish..

Porcellaneous :: Porcellaneous (a.) Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; -- said of certain Foraminifera..

Mineralogist :: Mineralogist (n.) A carrier shell (Phorus).

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