(n.) A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
(n.) The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
(n.) A pod.
(n.) The hard covering of an egg.
(n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
(n.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
(n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
(n.) The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.
(n.) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
(n.) A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
(n.) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
(n.) An engraved copper roller used in print works.
(n.) The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
(n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
(n.) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
(v. t.) To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.
(v. t.) To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.
(v. t.) To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.
(v. i.) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
(v. i.) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.
(v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, empty shells can also form independently of intact virions.
(2) The spikes likely correspond to VP3, a hemagglutinin, while the rest of the mass density in the outer shell represents 780 molecules of VP7, a neutralization antigen.
(3) Lead levels in contents and shells of eggs laid by hens dosed with all-lead shot were about twice those in eggs laid by hens dosed with lead-iron shot.
(4) We recommend the shell vial technique for isolation of C. burnetii.
(5) A significant proportion of the soluble protein of the organic matrix of mollusk shells is composed of a repeating sequence of aspartic acid separated by either glycine or serine.
(6) Viral particles in the cultures and the brain were of various sizes and shapes; particles ranged from 70 to over 160 nm in diameter, with a variable position of dense nucleoids and less dense core shells.
(7) But we sent out reconnoitres in the morning; we send out a team in advance and they get halfway down the road, maybe a quarter of the way down the road, sometimes three-quarters of the way down the road – we tried this three days in a row – and then the shelling starts and while I can’t point the finger at who starts the shelling, we get the absolute assurances from the Ukraine government that it’s not them.” Flags on all Australian government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Thursday, and an interdenominational memorial service will be held at St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne from 10.30am.
(8) Unless you are part of some Unite-esque scheme to join up as part of a grand revolutionary plan, why would you bother shelling out for a membership card?
(9) Serum levels of lactate dehydrogenase and alkaline phosphatase were considerably elevated in shell-less embryos.
(10) The cultivation of embryos in shell-less culture did not affect the normal macroscopic or histological appearance of the membrane, or the rate of proliferation of its constituent cells, as assessed by tritiated thymidine incorporation.
(11) Another friend’s sisters told me that the government building where all the students’ records are stored is in an area where there is frequent shelling and air strikes.
(12) Shell casings littered the main road, tear gas hung in the air and security forces beat local residents.
(13) Carmon Creek is wholly owned by Shell, which said it expected the decision to cost $2bn in its third-quarter results due to impairment, contract provision, redundancy and restructuring charges.
(14) A technique for efficient cytochalasin-induced enucleation was used to prepare "karyoplasts"--nuclei surrounded by a thin shell of cytoplasm and an outer cell membrane.
(15) The difficulty has been increased with the recent Supreme Court decision which it ruled the Alien Tort Claims Act does not apply outside of the country and dismissed a case against Royal Dutch Shell.
(16) We developed a shell vial cell culture assay (SVA) using a cross-reactive monoclonal antibody to the T antigen of simian virus 40 to detect BKV rapidly by indirect immunofluorescence.
(17) On second impacts, the GSI rose considerably because the shell and liner of the DH-151 cracked and the suspension of the "141" stretched during the first blow.
(18) This coincided with increases in shell thickness and shell porosity as power functions of uterine time.
(19) The apoferritin shell is known to assemble spontaneously from its subunits obtained at acid pH upon neutralization.
(20) Whereas psammomatous bodies are located within tubules in compressed residual testicular tissue arranged in a shell-like zone around the tumor mass, dystrophic calcifications and bone and cartilage tissues are identified inside the tumor.
Shelly
Definition:
(a.) Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell.
Example Sentences:
(1) As players, we want what's right, and we feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team.” The NBA has also said that Shelly Sterling should not remain as owner.
(2) Unfortunately, a provision in the deal ensures that Sterling’s estranged wife Shelly, current trustee of the Sterling Family Trust, will remain associated with the team as its “owner emeritus and No1 fan”.
(3) It's what we've been wanting to do all week – make our voices heard," beamed Shelly Grandford, 34.
(4) Attorney Adam Streisand said the deal was closed Tuesday morning following weeks of legal wrangling between the team’s previous owner, billionaire Donald Sterling, and his estranged wife, Shelly.
(5) Shelly Sterling, Donald Sterling's wife who had been listed as a witness, was in court but was not called to the stand.
(6) So Shelly Sterling’s reward is to remain a visible part of the franchise, courtside whenever she feels like it, while her estranged husband is banned from the stadium.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Shelly at the Friday morning breakfast.
(8) Shelly Sterling’s new role with the Clippers is unlikely to be anything more than symbolic, but what kind of symbol could she possibly be?
(9) The leader of the US study, Professor Shelly Gray, director of the geriatric pharmacy programme at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, said: “Older adults should be aware that many medications – including some available without a prescription, such as over-the-counter sleep aids – have strong anticholinergic effects.
(10) During the trial's closing arguments Donald's lawyer, Max Blecher, accused Shelly of an "unconscionable", "devious" and "invidious" scheme to strip him of the Clippers.
(11) Donald Sterling sued to stop the deal, but a superior judge said Shelly had the authority to sell the team.
(12) Smith said that of the police officers, Senior Constable Shelly Burgess was given an warniung notice by the assistant commissioner, which was one step below a loss of confidence notice, for the “lack of urgency” she showed after watching Dhu hit her head.
(13) Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Updated at 7.57pm BST 7.52pm BST Women's 100m semi-finals: heat three Is there anyone out there who could challenge Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce or Carmelita Jeter in the final?
(14) Photograph: Shelly Telly 12.27pm GMT Armenia You can share your photos and videos of One Billion Rising events where you are through GuardianWitness .
(15) For the rest of her life, Shelly Sterling will also be provided 12 tickets (two courtside) for all Clippers games, six parking spaces, 12 VIP passes and three championship rings following any Clippers’ NBA championship .
(16) The ruling effectively ended any realistic chance he had of halting the $2bn sale, approved by Shelly, of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer .
(17) So if the NBA forced Donald Sterling to sell, even under a divorce scenario, Shelly Sterling would have to sell, too.
(18) Thank you for your support of our #OKgirls and our movement.” Shelly Hickman, a spokeswoman for Norman Public Schools, said in a statement that “the individual arrested and charged today was notified on September 22 he was being suspended for the rest of the school year.
(19) In 2009, Shellie Ross used Twitter to report the death of her young son just hours after the event, prompting as much criticism as sympathy online.
(20) Shaul Mofaz and Shelli Yacimovich, leaders of the Kadima and the Labour party respectively, currently in opposition, voiced their support for the operation.