(n.) A cement made in India from sea shells, pulverized and mixed with oil, and spread over a ship's bottom, to prevent the boring of worms.
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Seashell
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(n.) The shell of any marine mollusk.
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(1) A gravely ill patient had Vibrio alginolyticus conjunctivitis develop, possibly from contact with seashell fragments.
(2) But could beachgoers who pocketed seashells – or bought them at beach shops – really account for what Kowalewski found?
(3) To this end, he photographed seashells that had been collected by his lover, the photographer and revolutionary Tina Modotti, and transformed them, in her words, into something "mystical and erotic".
(4) Even though other factors might play a role in the shells' decline, it is hard not to think that human behaviour is to blame for the decline in seashells.
(5) Purchase whale-stamped coasters, decorative fish, or seashell trays made from bamboo—proceeds go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium .
(6) Low walls around the site are studded with blue milk of magnesia bottles in wave formations and more than 25,000 seashells.
(7) Seashells are an important part of coastal ecosystems: they provide materials for birds' nests, a home or attachment surface for algae, sea grass, sponges and a host of other microorganisms.
(8) You might think twice next time you snag a seashell from the beach and drop it into your pocket: you might be altering the seaside environment.
(9) Dimethylarsinic acid and methylarsonic acid were found in natural waters, bird eggshells, seashells, and human urine.
(10) Calcium retention of seashells treated with phosphoric acid, oyster shells, and limestone using two particle sizes, ground or particulate, was assayed in 98 broiler chicks.
(11) However calm his songs sound, they still roar like a car crash echoing in a seashell.
(12) The study focused on a stretch of coastline on Spain's north-eastern Mediterranean shore called Llarga Beach, where the researchers conducted monthly surveys of seashell abundance between 1978 and 1981.
(13) The notion of a subject, even one belonging to the natural world like a pepper or a seashell, being "completely outside subject matter" is intriguing.
(14) They found that the abundance of seashells had decreased by 60% while tourism had increased in the area by 300%.
(15) (A vintage print of one of his seashells, Nautilus, 1927, sold for $1,082,500 at Sotheby's New York in April.)
(16) In addition, the loss of seashells can't be attributed to fisheries, since the area hasn't seen any new commercial fisheries since the 1970s, the researchers found.
(17) The study focused on a stretch of coastline on Spain’s northeastern Mediterranean shore, where the researchers conducted monthly surveys of seashell abundance between 1978 and 1981.