shellac
— Verb
– English
~ cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"
shellack
— Verb
– English
~ cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"
shellbark
— Noun
– English
~ North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
shellbark hickory
— Noun
– English
~ North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
shelled
— Adjective
– English
~ of animals or fruits that have a shell
sheller
— Noun
– English
~ a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters)
Shelley
— Noun
– English
~ Englishman and romantic poet (1792-1822)
Shelley
— Noun
– English
~ English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
shellfire
— Noun
– English
~ shooting artillery shells
shellfish
— Noun
– English
~ meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
shellfish
— Noun
– English
~ invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
shellflower
— Noun
– English
~ cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
shellflower
— Noun
– English
~ showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
shelling
— Noun
– English
~ the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
shellproof
— Adjective
– English
~ able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells; "bombproof shelter"
shelter
— Noun
– English
~ the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
shelter
— Noun
– English
~ a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
shelter
— Noun
– English
~ temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
shelter
— Noun
– English
~ protective covering that provides protection from the weather
shelter deck
— Noun
– English
~ upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below