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biology
1. n. The study of all life or living matter.
2. n. The living organisms of a particular region.
3. n. The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.
the biology of the whale
an
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
4. conj. (archaic) If
5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
outer
1. adj. Outside; external.
2. adj. Farther from the centre of the inside.
3. n. An outer part.
4. n. (military, firearms) The 4th circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
5. n. A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
6. n. (retail) The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.
We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.
7. n. Someone who admits to something publicly.
8. n. Someone who outs another.
9. n. One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
10. n. An ouster; dispossession.
11. n. (politics) One who supports leaving the European Union.
protective
1. adj. Serving, intended or wishing to protect.
The fighter dropped into a protective stance.
The castle's moat served a protective function.
Mother bears are famously protective of their cubs.
2. n. (British) Something that protects.
3. n. A condom.
covering
1. n. That which covers something.
2. n. Action of the verb to cover.
3. v. present participle of cover
cover
1. n. A lid.
2. n. Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
We didn't see John because he had taken cover behind the wing chair.
3. n. The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
4. n. The top sheet of a bed.
5. n. A cloth, usually fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa to protect it from dust, rain, etc. when not in use.
6. n. A cover charge.
There's a $15 cover tonight.
7. n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
We need to set another cover for the Smith party.
8. n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
9. n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
10. n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers.
11. n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
12. n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
13. n. (legal) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the good
14. n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
15. n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story
16. n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
17. n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
18. n. (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
19. adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
20. adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
21. v. To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
He covered the baby with a blanket.
When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium.
22. v. To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
The blanket covered the baby.
23. v. To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
Regular hexagons can cover the plane.
24. v. To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
You can cover the plane with regular hexagons.
25. v. To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
The heroic soldier covered himself with glory.
26. v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy.
27. v. To deal with or include someone or something.
28. v. To be enough money for.
We've earned enough to cover most of our costs.
Ten dollars should cover lunch.
29. v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?
30. v. To have as an assignment or responsibility.
Can you cover the morning shift tomorrow? I'll give you off next Monday instead.
He is our salesman covering companies with headquarters in the northern provinces.
31. v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
32. v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to rem
33. v. To provide insurance coverage for.
Does my policy cover accidental loss?
34. v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
I would like to have my bitch covered next spring.
The stallion has not covered the mare yet.
35. v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered.
36. v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
37. v. (sports) To defend a particular player or area.
such
1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before. Such is life.
2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
the above address or at such other address as may notify
3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
The party was such a bore.
4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
feathers
1. n. plural of feather
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of feather
feather
1. n. A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
2. n. Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
3. n. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
4. n. A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.
5. n. Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
6. n. One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the
7. n. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
8. v. To cover or furnish with feathers.
9. v. To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
The stylist feathered my hair.
10. v. (ambitransitive, rowing) To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
11. v. (aeronautics) To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller doesn't windmill as the
After striking the bird, the pilot feathered the left, damaged engine's propeller.
12. v. (carpentry, engineering) To finely shave or bevel an edge.
13. v. (computer graphics) To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.
14. v. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.
15. v. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
16. v. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
17. v. To tread, as a cock.
18. v. (snooker) To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
skin
1. n. The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
2. n. The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
3. n. The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
4. n. A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.
5. n. (computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
6. n. (slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
Pass me a skin, mate.
7. n. (slang) (clipping of skinhead)
8. n. (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin.1994, Macquarie Aboriginal Words, Macquarie University, paperback (
9. n. (video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.
10. n. (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
Let me see a bit of skin.
11. n. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
12. n. (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
13. n. (nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
14. v. To injure the skin of.
He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
15. v. To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
16. v. (colloquial) To high five.
17. v. (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
18. v. (soccer) To use tricks to go past a defender.
19. v. (intransitive) To become covered with skin.
A wound eventually skins over.
20. v. To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
21. v. (US, slang) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
22. v. (slang) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
an
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
4. conj. (archaic) If
5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
Animal
1. n. (slang) A fan of Kesha, an American singer.
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3. n. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plant, plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely
A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants.
4. n. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
5. n. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fish, fishes, insect, insects, etc.).
6. n. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
My students are animals.
7. n. (informal) A person of a particular type.
He's a political animal.
8. n. matter, Matter, thing.
a whole different animal
9. adj. Of or relating to animals.
animal instincts
10. adj. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
animal passions
11. adj. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
12. adj. (slang) Excellent
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
rind
1. n. tree bark
2. n. A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc
3. n. (figuratively, rare usually "the") The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind".
4. v. To remove the rind from.
5. n. An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
shell
1. n. A hard external covering of an animal.
2. n. The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
In some mollusks, as the cuttlefish, the shell is concealed by the animal's outer mantle and is considered internal.
Genuine mother-of-pearl buttons are made from sea shells.
3. n. (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.
4. n. (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
5. n. The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
6. n. The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
7. n. The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
8. n. One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
9. n. (botany) The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
10. n. The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
The black walnut and the hickory nut, both of the same Genus as the pecan, have much thicker and harder shells than the pecan.
11. n. A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
12. n. (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate
13. n. (geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
14. n. (weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
15. n. (weaponry) A hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion a
16. n. (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
17. n. (architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
18. n. A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
19. n. A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
20. n. (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
21. n. (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
22. n. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
23. n. (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
24. n. (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
25. n. (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
26. n. (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter.
The name shell originates from it being viewed as an outer layer of interface between the user and the internals of the operating system.
The name "Bash" is an acronym which stands for "Bourne-again shell", itself a pun on the name of the "Bourne shell", an earlier Unix shell designed by Stephen Bourne, and the Christian concept
27. n. (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
28. n. An emaciated person.
He's lost so much weight from illness; he's a shell of his former self.
29. n. A psychological barrier to social interaction.
Even after months of therapy he's still in his shell.
30. n. (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
A shell corporation was formed to acquire the old factory.
31. n. A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
32. n. (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
33. n. (phonology) The onset and coda of a syllable.
34. v. To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.
35. v. To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
36. v. (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
37. v. (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
38. v. (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
Nuts shell in falling.
Wheat or rye shells in reaping.
39. v. (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
40. v. To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
41. v. (topology) To form a shelling.

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