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SHELLS

• SHELL, to divest of a shell (a hard outer covering) [v]
• SHELL, to remove the outer covering from nuts [v]
• The walls of an unfinished or gutted building or other structure
• An outer form without substance
• A light racing boat used in the sport of crew
• A woman's sleeveless sweater or blouse
• The metal framework of a vehicle body
• The thin outer covering of an animal's egg, which is hard and fragile in that of a bird but leathery in that of a reptile
• The outer case of a nut kernel or seed
• The carapace of a tortoise, turtle, or terrapin
• The wing cases of a beetle
• The integument of an insect pupa or chrysalis
• Used with reference to a state of shyness or introversion
• Something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case
• An inner or roughly made coffin
• The hand guard of a sword
• Each of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies
• An explosive artillery projectile or bomb
• A hollow metal or paper case used as a container for fireworks, explosives, or cartridges
• A cartridge
• The hard protective outer case of a mollusk or crustacean

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