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Look up: SHELL

  1. Shell
    Shell is American slang for a dollar.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Shell
    Shell is American slang for a dollar.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  3. shell
    [adj] - having a shell or containing shell 2. [n] - the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals 3. [n] - the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts 4. [n] - the exterior covering of a bird`s egg 5. [n] - a rigid covering that envelo...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Shell
    Also called the CLI. This is a program that allows you to type commands into the keyboard.
    Found on http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/s.html

  5. Shell
    A UNIX command processing environment.
    Found on http://www.pcblues.co.uk/help_glossary.h

  6. Shell
    A surface made of thin material.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  7. Shell
    The structure of a building, including the frame, structural floors and roof, excluding any services or finishes.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20698

  8. shell
    Compare with subshell. A set of electrons with the same principal quantum number. The number of electrons permitted in a shell is equal to 2n2. A shell contains n2 orbitals, and n subshells.
    Found on http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese

  9. Shell
    Another word for mask or mould used during radiotherapy treatment to the head.
    Found on http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/utilities/g

  10. Shell
    Artillery ammunition. Hollow iron ball filled with gunpowder which exploded by means of a fuse.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20769

  11. shell
    a) a small fragment, generally conchoidal; it may not have been separated from the glass; b) the cavity left by removal of such a fragment Category: Various industries and crafts • An explosive projectile or bomb for use in a cannon or mortar Category: Management in the public and pri...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  12. Shell
    Shell noun [ Middle English shelle , schelle , Anglo-Saxon scell , scyll ; akin to Dutch shel , Icelandic skel , Goth. skalja a tile, and English skill . Confer Scale of fishes, Shal...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/85

  13. Shell
    Shell transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shelled ; present participle & verbal noun Shelling .] 1. To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/85

  14. Shell
    Shell intransitive verb 1. To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc. 2. To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling. 3. To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/86

  15. Shell
    Shell noun 1. Something similar in form or action to an ordnance shell; specif.: (a) (Fireworks) A case or cartridge containing a charge of explosive material, which bursts after having been thrown high into the air. It is often ele...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/86

  16. shell
    1. A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal. Specifically: The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell. ... A pod. ... The hard covering of an egg. 'Think him as a serpent's egg, . . . And kill him in the shell. ... <mathematics> ' (Shak) Hence, by extension, any m...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  17. shell
    noun ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  18. shell
    noun the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  19. shell
    noun the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  20. shell
    noun a very light narrow racing boat
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  21. shell
    noun the exterior covering of a bird`s egg
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  22. Shell
    • (n.) A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape. • (n.) A torpedo. • (n.) A case or cartridge containing a charge of explosive material, which bursts after having been thrown high into the air. It is often elevated through the agency of a larger firewor...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  23. shell
    (from the article `solids, mechanics of`) The 1700s and early 1800s were a productive period during which the mechanics of simple elastic structural elements were developed—well before the ... Shell construction in concrete also began in the 1920s; the first example was a very thin (6 centimetres) hemispherical shell for a planetar...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/79

  24. shell
    (from the article `Cosmos`) ...galaxy passes through its body; the brief inward pull and subsequent rebound cause the orbits of the rings to pile together like ripples on the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/79

  25. shell
    (from the article `animal`) Well-developed organ systems permitted an increase in body size, which gave rise to successive levels of predators. Quite early in the rapid ... Aragonite is an important element in the shells and tests of many marine invertebrates. These animals can secrete the mineral from waters that would ... [18 relat...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/79



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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