Shells is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SHELLS in dictionary:

VERB:
• SHELL, to remove the outer covering from nuts
• bombard with shells
• score heavily against (an opposing pitcher or team)
• remove the shell or pod from (a nut or seed)
NOUN:
• the hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean
• the outer case of a nut kernel or seed
• the carapace of a tortoise, turtle, or terrapin.
• the wing cases of a beetle.
• the integument of an insect pupa or chrysalis.
• used with reference to a state of shyness or introversion
• an explosive artillery projectile or bomb
• a hollow metal or paper case used as a container for fireworks, explosives, or cartridges.
• a cartridge.
• something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case
• the walls of an unfinished or gutted building or other structure
• an outer form without substance
• the metal framework of a vehicle body.
• a light racing boat.
• an inner or roughly made coffin.
• the hand guard of a sword.
• each of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies
• the thin outer covering of an animal's egg, which is hard and fragile in that of a bird but leathery in that of a reptile.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to divest of a shell (a hard outer covering)

Words related to SHELLS

shell8 shelled11 shelling12

Words that contain SHELLS

enshells11 inshells11 unshells11 dayshells16 eggshells14 nutshells12 seashells12 subshells14 aeroshells13 bandshells16 bodyshells19 bombshells19 clamshells17 lampshells17 shellshock22 softshells16 shellshocks23 toothshells17 cockleshells23 shellshocked25 tortoiseshells17

How to use SHELLS in a sentence

• Our first day in a tropic harbour was spent in what might be taken at moments for a dream, did not shells and flowers remain to bear witness to its reality.
• Every now and then turning his head he saw shells from Montmartre fall on the Arc de Triomphe and break off large fragments of stone.
• The shells dropped on it or close by it at intervals of two minutes, and they were planted at even distances of about a hundred yards up and down the slope.
• Many of these huge trees have been snapped off by shells as neatly as if they were mere twigs.
• Her dress was white covered with spots of red flannel, cut in neat figure, ornamented with shells.
• They appeared well below their target, and both the muzzles tilted a little and barked off another flight of shells.
• Some of them seemed quite dazed with fear and ran, dodging, from one sidewalk to the other, and as shells burst above them prayed aloud and crossed themselves.
• The reason is that it has been found that common shells break up against masonry, instead of penetrating it, when fired from these large high velocity guns.
• And what do you think she put all around the flower bed? She put a splendid row of little white shells.
• The citizen might grow as indifferent to shells as he is to shooting stars.
• The terror of the shells has caused thirty-two premature births since the siege began.
• On relief by the 9th Battalion, it moved to Marsouin Farm Camp, near Pilkem, and spent a very unpleasant morning under fire from high velocity shells.
• One of the first shells burst in the Convent, and all the occupants with two exceptions became casualties.
• Ripple-worn sand, shells, barnacle-covered rocks, slowly came within the pale of the radiance and Moses moved with it.
• The upper story of the British Embassy has been much injured by shells.
• Between us went the three terror-stricken prisoners, crouching every now and then when shells fell near us.
• All afternoon we worked in the aid-post under a roof of shells, screaming in both directions, from the enemy and from our own guns.
• Or cut the pumpkin in squares and do not peel, bake, and when soft enough, scrape it from the shells, season with butter and salt and serve like squash.
• The shells flew far above us to strike this new and exposed line.
• He showed me some drawers full of shells which were the strangest and most curious that I had ever seen.
• There was a brief exchange of shells, and then our men charged with such good effect that the British were forced to retire.
• He also was an Englishman, and had been a long time along the shore trading for turtle shells and silver, and had got a good quantity of each on board.

Similar words containing SHELL without suffix s

shell8 shelly12 enshell10 inshell10 shellac12 shelled11 sheller10 unshell10 dayshell15 eggshell13 enshells11 inshells11 nutshell11 seashell11 shellack17 shellacs13 shellers11 shellful14 shellier11 shelling12 subshell13 unshells11 aeroshell12 bandshell15 bodyshell18 bombshell18 bushelled15 busheller14 clamshell16 dayshells16 eggshells14 enshelled13 hardshell16 inshelled13 lampshell16 nutshells12 seashells12 shellacks18 shellback20 shellbark18 shellduck19 shellfire15 shellfish18 shellfuls15 shelliest12 shellings13 shellwork19 softshell15 subshells14 unshelled13 aeroshells13 bandshells16 bodyshells19 bombshells19 bushellers15 bushelling16 clamshells17 enshelling14 inshelling14 lampshells17 shellacked20 shellacker19 shellbacks21 shellbarks19 shellbound16 shelldrake18 shellducks20 shellfires16 shelliness13 shellproof18 shellshock22 shellworks20 shellycoat18 softshells16 toothshell16 unshelling14 bushellings17 cockleshell22 shellackers20 shellacking21 shelldrakes19 shellfishes20 shellshocks23 shellycoats19 toothshells17 cockleshells23 shellackings22 shellcracker23 shellfishery24 shellinesses15 shellshocked25 shellcrackers24 tortoiseshell16 shellfisheries23 tortoiseshells17

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