Words containing shell
5 letter words containing shell
- shell — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
6 letter words containing shell
7 letter words containing shell
- inshell — to retreat, as into a shell
- k-shell — the first shell of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom and containing, when filled, two electrons having principal quantum number 1.
- l-shell — the second shell of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom and containing, when filled, eight electrons having principal quantum number 2.
- m-shell — the third shell of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom and containing, when filled, 18 electrons having principal quantum number three.
- n-shell — the fourth shell of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom and containing, when filled, 32 electrons having principal quantum number 4.
8 letter words containing shell
9 letter words containing shell
- aeroshell — a protective shield, containing a parachute, which slows a spacecraft during re-entry to the earth's atmosphere and landing
- bandshell — a type of bandstand enclosed at the back
- bodyshell — the external shell of a motor vehicle
- bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- clamshell — a dredging bucket that is hinged like the shell of a clam
10 letter words containing shell
- aeroshells — Plural form of aeroshell.
- bushelling — alteration of clothes
- clam-shell — the shell of a clam.
- clamshells — Plural form of clamshell.
- deshelling — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
11 letter words containing shell
- cockleshell — the shell of the cockle
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shellflower — an eastern Asian plant, Alpinia zerumbet, of the ginger family, having pendulous clusters of fragrant white flowers with variegated markings.
12 letter words containing shell
- cockleshells — Plural form of cockleshell.
- shellcracker — redear sunfish.
- shellfishery — the industry and commerce of catching, processing, and selling shellfish; raising shellfish for commercial purposes.
- shellshocked — suffering from shellshock
- soft-shelled — Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
13 letter words containing shell
- paper-shelled — having a thin, easily broken shell: paper-shelled nuts.
- shell-shocked — battle fatigue.
- tortoiseshell — a horny substance of a mottled brown and yellow coloration, composing the laminae that cover the inner body plates of the carapace of certain tortoises or turtles, especially the hawksbill, used for making combs and ornamental articles, inlaying, etc.
- valence-shell — an electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell (valence shell) of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom.
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