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— English words —

• shell n. A hard external covering of an animal.
• shell n. The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
• shell n. One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
• shell n. (Botany) The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
• shell n. (Geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
• shell n. (Weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
• shell n. (Weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore…
• shell n. (Weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
• shell n. (Architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete…
• shell n. A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves…
• shell n. A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
• shell n. (Music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
• shell n. (Music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims…
• shell n. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
• shell n. The thin coating of copper on an electrotype.
• shell n. (Nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
• shell n. (Nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
• shell n. (Nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed…
• shell n. (Chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
• shell n. (Figuratively) The outward form independent of what is inside.
• shell n. (Figuratively) The empty outward form of someone or something.
• shell n. An emaciated person.
• shell n. A psychological barrier to social interaction.
• shell n. (Computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs…
• shell n. (Business) A legal entity that has no operations.
• shell n. A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
• shell n. (Engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
• shell n. (Phonology) The onset and coda of a syllable.
• shell n. (UK, slang) A person’s ear.
• shell v. To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
• shell v. To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
• shell v. (Informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
• shell v. (Intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
• shell v. (Intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
• shell v. (Computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
• shell v. To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
• shell v. (Topology) To form a shelling.
• Shell prop.n. A surname.
• Shell prop.n. A diminutive of the female given name Michelle.
• she'll cont. Contraction of she will.
• she'll cont. Contraction of she shall.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Yola
  • shell v. Shall.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• she'll contr. (Informeel) she+will: zij zal.

— English words, defined in French —

• shell n. Coque, écorce.
• shell n. Conque, coquille.
• shell n. Écaille, écale.
• shell n. (Artillerie, Militaire) Obus.
• shell n. (Programmation) Shell.
• shell v. Bombarder (une cible avec des obus).
• shell v. Écaler, décortiquer (une noix, un mollusque).
• shell v. Dépouiller (quelque chose ou quelqu’un).
• shell v. (Cuisine) Écosser (une noix, des pois).
• shell v. (Argot) Casquer, cracher, payer.
• Shell n.prop. Compagnie pétrolière anglo-néerlandaise.
• she’ll v. Elle va (suivi d’un infinitif pour exprimer le futur).

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• shell s. Escudo.
• shell s. Concha, caparazón.
• shell s. Proyectil.
• shell v. Pelar.
• shell v. Bombardear.
• she'll contr. Contracción de pronombre she y verbo shall; ella debería.
• she'll contr. Contracción de pronombre she y verbo will; ella será.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• shell s. Concha.
• shell s. Casca.
• shell s. Carapaça.
• shell s. Invólucro.
• shell s. Cartucho.
• shell v. Bombardear.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• shell s. Conchiglia, guscio.
• shell s. Proiettile, bossolo (di cartuccia).
• shell s. (Fisica) (chimica) guscio.

— In Dutch —

• shell n. (Informatica) een interactief computerprogramma waarmee een…
• shell n. Zwaar soort vuurwerk dat door een mortier wordt afgeschoten; mortierbom.

— In French —

• shell n.m. (Anglicisme informatique) (Programmation) Interface utilisateur…
• Shell n.prop.f. Compagnie pétrolière anglo-néerlandaise.

241 English words from 42 English definitions

accreted acoustic acoustical and animal Any Architecture around artillery atomic atomic␣orbitals barrier bird bit block blouse boat body bombard Botany breechloading bullet Business calcareous cartridge case casing cast cast␣iron chamber Chemistry coarse coating coda coffin command command␣line complete Computing concave contained Contraction convex convex␣lens copper covered covering cracks crust cylindrical diminutive disburse drum ear egg electrotype emaciated empty enclosed Engineering engraved entity especially etc exterior external fabric fall fall␣off fall␣out female Figuratively fire firearm fired flimsy form formed forms frame framework from garment geode Geology give given given␣name give␣up gouge gouge␣bit ground hard has have hollow hull husk impermeable independent Informal in␣print inside instrument interaction interface interior intransitive iron irregular launch layers legal legal␣entity lens light like line load lyre made metal Michelle mineral money more mortar Music name Nautical not number of␣a of␣an off often one onion onset operating operating␣system operations orbitals or␣something other out outer out␣of outward pay person Phonology planking plant plating pod primary principal print programs projectile projectiles proofed psychological purpose quantum quantum␣number regarded remove revolve rigging rims roller rough round same seed self self-contained set shall shallow shape she sheaves shell shelling shirt short siege single skin slang sleeves slight smoothbore social software someone something spherical string string␣instrument structure substantial such such␣as surname switch syllable system system␣software that the the␣same thin tool top Topology unit used user user␣interface usually various vessel water watertight Weaponry what which whose will with within without women wood wooden works worn

24 English words from 33 foreign definitions

anglo Argot Bombarder chose Concha Conque Coque coquille Cuisine dat des door een Elle Escudo Interface mortier payer pois pour shall she Shell will

64 foreign words from 33 foreign definitions

Anglicisme Artillerie avec Bombardear bossolo caparazón Carapaça cartuccia Cartucho Casca Casquer chimica cible Compagnie computerprogramma Conchiglia Contracción cracher debería décortiquer Dépouiller Écaille écale Écaler écorce Écosser ella exprimer Fisica futur guscio infinitif Informatica informatique Informeel interactief Interface␣utilisateur Invólucro Militaire mollusque mortierbom néerlandaise noix obus Pelar pétrolière Programmation Proiettile pronombre Proyectil quelque quelque␣chose será soort suivi une utilisateur verbo vuurwerk waarmee wordt zal zij Zwaar

165 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

shells Shells shelly Shelly shellac Shellam shelled sheller Sheller Shelley she'll've shellack shellacs Shellams shellbag shellbed shell␣bed Shelleng shellers Shellers shellful shell␣ice shellier shellika shelling shell-lac Shellman shell␣out shellpad shell-pad shell␣sac Shellses shelltoe shellable shellacks shellback shellbags shellbark shellbead shellbeds shellcode shellduck Shelleian Shelleyan shellfire shellfish shellfuls shell␣game shellheap shelliest +115 words

167 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

adshells Boshells Bushells deshells enshells inshells Meshells unshells Voshells ark␣shells bushelled busheller deshelled earshells ear-shells ear␣shells eggshells enshelled gobshells inshelled nutshells pen␣shells seashells sea␣shells subshells topshells unshelled aeroshells backshells back␣shells bandshells boat␣shells bodyshells bombshells bushellers bushelling clamshells cone␣shells crabshells date␣shells deshelling enshelling half␣shells harp␣shells headshells Hounshells inshelling lampshells lamp␣shells mask␣shells +117 words

133 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

as␣hell adshell Boshell Bushell deshell enshell inshell Meshell onshell unshell Voshell ark␣shell earshell ear-shell ear␣shell eggshell gobshell nonshell nutshell offshell pen␣shell seashell sea␣shell subshell topshell web␣shell aeroshell backshell back␣shell bandshell boat␣shell bodyshell bombshell clamshell clam-shell cone␣shell crabshell date␣shell file␣shell half␣shell hardshell hard-shell harp␣shell headshell hot␣as␣hell Hounshell lampshell lamp␣shell mask␣shell nanoshell +83 words

17 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ell Ell ELL 'e'll Hel he'l hell Hell he'll she She SHE s/he she- (s)he Shel she'l

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ehs EHS EH&S leh Leh Lehs

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

hells

13 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

as␣hell Hasell Hellas helles hellos Helsel Holles Hysell Schell shells Shells shelly Shelly

12 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ells Ells ELLs hell Hell he'll HLLs Lehs sell Sell Shel she'l

20 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

chell Chell shall sheal sheld shelf Sheol shill Shill Sholl Shull skell smell snell Snell spell Spell stell Stell swell

7 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

hell Hell he'll sell Sell Shel she'l

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

Schell

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