English words for 'Alternative form of seashell.'
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noun
adj
noun
- The shell of such a mollusk.
- A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
- (figurative, in the plural) Chiefly in cockles of someone's heart: a person's innermost feelings.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A £10 note; a tenner.
- (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
- Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
- The fire chamber of a furnace.
- Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
- The dome of a heating furnace.
- (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
- (Cornwall, mining) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
- common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
- common edible European bivalve
verb
noun
- Alternative form of sea snail (“shelled marine gastropod mollusk”).
- The snailfish (family Liparidae).
- small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
- any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks, tritons, moon shells, neritids
noun
- The shell of this sea animal.
- Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).
- (architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
- A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
- A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
- any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
verb
noun
- Any of the seashells in the game of props.
- An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
- (US politics) A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
- (gambling, informal) Clipping of proposition player.
- (astronautics) Clipping of propellant (“rocket fuel”).
- An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
- (bodybuilding slang) Testosterone propionate.
- The propeller of an aircraft or boat.
- (Internet slang) A part of a plant reared for its multiplication.
- (theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
- (rugby) The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
- a propeller that rotates to push against air
- any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
- a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
verb
- (transitive, usually with "up" - see prop up) To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.
- (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand) To stop suddenly or unexpectedly; derived from the situation where a horse might suddenly halt of its own accord, digging its front hooves into the ground to brace itself from forward movement, potentially unseating its rider.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
- (intransitive) To play rugby in the prop position.
- To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition.
- support by placing against something solid or rigid
adj
noun
- marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
- Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.
- (botany) A pericarp in which the seedcase opens or splits into two parts or valves.
noun
- A reef, sandbar, or shoal.
- The capacity of such an object
- A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
- (computing) The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.
- A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
- a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
- a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
verb
noun
- A small, usually perforated, wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.
- Alternative form of pooka.
- The epiphytic plant Griselinia lucida, native to New Zealand.
- The evergreen tree Meryta sinclairii, endemic to New Zealand.
- small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers
- South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers
noun
- mollusk with a low conical shell
- any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
- (British) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
- Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
verb
noun
adj
noun
- The shell of such a mollusk.
- A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
- (figurative, in the plural) Chiefly in cockles of someone's heart: a person's innermost feelings.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A £10 note; a tenner.
- (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
- Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
- The fire chamber of a furnace.
- Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
- The dome of a heating furnace.
- (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
- (Cornwall, mining) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
- common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
- common edible European bivalve
verb
noun
- Alternative form of sea snail (“shelled marine gastropod mollusk”).
- The snailfish (family Liparidae).
- small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
- any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks, tritons, moon shells, neritids
noun
- The shell of this sea animal.
- Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).
- (architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
- A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
- A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
- any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
verb
noun
- Any of the seashells in the game of props.
- An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
- (US politics) A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
- (gambling, informal) Clipping of proposition player.
- (astronautics) Clipping of propellant (“rocket fuel”).
- An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
- (bodybuilding slang) Testosterone propionate.
- The propeller of an aircraft or boat.
- (Internet slang) A part of a plant reared for its multiplication.
- (theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
- (rugby) The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
- a propeller that rotates to push against air
- any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
- a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
verb
- (transitive, usually with "up" - see prop up) To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.
- (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand) To stop suddenly or unexpectedly; derived from the situation where a horse might suddenly halt of its own accord, digging its front hooves into the ground to brace itself from forward movement, potentially unseating its rider.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
- (intransitive) To play rugby in the prop position.
- To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition.
- support by placing against something solid or rigid
noun
- A reef, sandbar, or shoal.
- The capacity of such an object
- A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
- (computing) The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.
- A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
- a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
- a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
verb
noun
- A small, usually perforated, wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.
- Alternative form of pooka.
- The epiphytic plant Griselinia lucida, native to New Zealand.
- The evergreen tree Meryta sinclairii, endemic to New Zealand.
- small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers
- South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers
noun
- mollusk with a low conical shell
- any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
- (British) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
- Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
verb
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adj
noun
- marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
- Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.
- (botany) A pericarp in which the seedcase opens or splits into two parts or valves.