(military) A shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode.

A cowrie.

Any marine snail of the family Xenophoridae, which cements stones and shell fragments to its own shell.

(zoology) carrier shell (family Xenophoridae)

plural of shell suit

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shell shock

present participle of shell shock

plural of shell shock

Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-coloured and pearly.

An East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside.