shell bean
— Noun
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~ a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
shell
— Noun
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~ a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"
shell
— Noun
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~ the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
shell corporation
— Noun
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~ a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations
shell bean plant
— Noun
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~ a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
shell parakeet
— Noun
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~ small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
shell entity
— Noun
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~ a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations
shell
— Noun
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~ a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
shell collecting
— Noun
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~ the collection and study of mollusc shells
shell
— Noun
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~ ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
shell jacket
— Noun
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~ waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners
shell
— Noun
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~ the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case"
shell
— Noun
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~ a very light narrow racing boat
shell
— Noun
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~ hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
shell
— Noun
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~ the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
shell game
— Noun
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~ a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
shell-flower
— Noun
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~ 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
shell
— Noun
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~ the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
shell plating
— Noun
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~ the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship
shell
— Verb
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~ remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"