Collocations withshell
These are words often used in combination withshell.
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abalone shell
This book also stated that everyone at the time grew azaleas, even if the poorest people had to use an abalone shell as a container.
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artillery shell
He referred specifically to the 155 mm artillery shell and the 8 in shell.
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band shell
The band shell, site of dances and other entertainment during the war, remains on the site.
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chocolate shell
The traditional choc-top is one scoop of vanilla ice-cream covered in a hard milk chocolate shell, sitting atop an ice-cream cone.
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clam shell
The upturned clam shell has the appearance of an open right hand.
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coconut shell
Roasting methods are "bakar" (grilling) usually employing charcoal, firewood, or coconut shell, "panggang" (baked) usually refer to baking employing oven.
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conch shell
It was the only skeleton in the south chamber with a conch shell between the legs, just as seen with the principal personage of the north chamber.
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concrete shell
The building's concrete shell is insulated on the exterior and wrapped with extruded clay planks.
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cowrie shell
The grave contained a flexed burial and over 200 iron beads, an ostrich eggshell necklace, a perforated cowrie shell, and iron jewellery.
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cowry shell
Pawns promote ("bia ngai," flipped cowry shell) and move like queens when they reach the sixth rank.
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empty shell
In its most radical version this suggests that 'the legal' is an empty shell.
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explosive shell
What is the maximum thickness of armour necessary to keep out the high explosive shell?
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external shell
The external shell is relatively inflexible; the core provides access and services.
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hard shell
Users of membrane oxygenators have two types of blood reservoirs to choose from: rigid (hard shell) open venous reservoirs and flexible closed reservoirs.
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hollow shell
Six hundred times solid density compression of directly driven hollow shell pellets.
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metal shell
In some designs, the core tube is an enclosed metal shell produced by deep drawing.
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mollusc shell
Fragments of mollusc shell and oolites can be found.
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nautilus shell
These can be seen in cross-sections of a nautilus shell and in the polished cross-sections of ammonites.
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outer shell
To analyze the instability development random per turbations have been imposed upon the outer shell in a region nearby the maximum density.
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oyster shell
The midden is largely composed of oyster shell.
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plastic shell
The rate of nuclear fusion in the mix region is reduced due to cooling down of the hot gas when mixed with the cold plastic shell.
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protective shell
She builds her diva persona along with her voice, a protective shell around her difference.
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shell casing
Some fireworks have a shell casing, which is almost like shrapnel when they explode.
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shell collectors
This, combined with its overall rarity, makes it desirable to shell collectors.
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shell gland
The initial differentiation of biomineralising cells is likely to include a localised thickening of the dorsal ectoderm followed by an invagination of cells to form the shell gland.
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shell midden
A huge shell midden existed near the spring run before being depleted for road building and fertilizer prior to 1885.
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shell thickness
These computations show that there is a critical size rs for the shell thickness rs at which the energy density has a maximum.
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snail shell
The vivid contrast of the red and white details on the head have been made from crab shell and snail shell respectively.
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spent shell
He saw no evidence of fighting, such as spent shell cases.
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spherical shell
The coupling between the rotor dynamics and the external spherical shell causes motion of the sphere.
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turtle shell
It visited a traditional fishing site, an experimental ranching centre and turtle shell stockpiles.
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unexploded shell
There are, in fact, large numbers of unexploded shells about and it really would not be safe for the public to roam about there.
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walnut shell
The king then sends them out to find either a dog that could fit in a walnut shell, or an excellent gold ring.
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