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Tripoli :: Tripoli (n.) An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms..

Unilocular :: Unilocular (a.) Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or shell..

Scrimshaw :: Scrimshaw (n.) A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed..

Hello :: Hello (interj. & n.) See Halloo.

Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off..

Petalism :: Petalism (n.) A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.

Tabby :: Tabby (n.) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock..

Decollated :: Decollated (a.) Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells..

Conchometry :: Conchometry (n.) The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.

Conchyliaceous :: Conchyliaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions..

Nucula :: Nucula (n.) A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior..

Phragmocone :: Phragmocone (n.) The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite.

Hydractinian :: Hydractinian (n.) Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia and allied genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, a firm, chitinous coating on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shells occupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata..

Eggshell :: Eggshell (n.) A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form..

Shell :: Shell (n.) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell..

Vermetus :: Vermetus (n.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube..

Dislodge :: Dislodge (v. t.) To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislodged by storms..

Shealing :: Shealing (n.) The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell..

Hellgamite :: Hellgamite (n.) Alt. of Hellgramit.

Gyration :: Gyration (n.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

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