Words containing shel

Acorn-shell means: One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.

Argus shell means: A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail.

Ark shell means: A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.

Boat shell means: A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck.

Boat shell means: A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.

Bombshell means: A bomb. See Bomb, n.

Bookshelves means: of Bookshelf

Bookshelf means: A shelf to hold books.

Bubble shell means: A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.

Bushel means: A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.