Word Meanings - BEAR'S-PAW - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A large bivalve shell of the East Indies , often used as an ornament.
Related words: (words related to BEAR\'S-PAW)
- SHELL-LESS
, a. Having no shell. J. Burroughs. - SHELLER
One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller. - ORNAMENTAL
Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne. - SHELLAPPLE
See SHELDAFLE - OFTENNESS
Frequency. Hooker. - SHELLPROOF
Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof. - LARGE-ACRED
Possessing much land. - SHELLBARK
A species of hickory whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut. - SHELLY
Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell. "The shelly shore." Prior. Shrinks backward in his shelly cave. Shak. - SHELLAC; SHELL-LAC
See LAC - OFTEN
Frequent; common; repeated. "Thine often infirmities." 1 Tim. v. 23. And weary thee with often welcomes. Beau. & Fl. - BIVALVE
A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles - SHELLED
Having a shell. - SHELLING
Groats; hulled oats. Simmonds. - ORNAMENTER
One who ornaments; a decorator. - LARGE-HANDED
Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful. - LARGE-HEARTED
Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n. - SHELLFISH
Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs. - LARGE
A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves. - ORNAMENTALLY
By way of ornament. - GOROON SHELL
A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell . - VALVE-SHELL
Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata. - SPOUTSHELL
Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having an elongated siphon. See Illust. under Rostrifera. - SLIT-SHELL
Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas. - MASK SHELL
Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture. - ENLARGEMENT
1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an - TONGUE-SHELL
Any species of Lingula. - UNSHELL
To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch. - FOOL-LARGESSE
Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer. - EGGSHELL
A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form. (more info) 1. The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell. - FROGSHELL
One of numerous species of marine gastropod shells, belonging to Ranella and allied genera. - TOOTHSHELL
Any species of Dentalium and allied genera having a tooth- shaped shell. See Dentalium. - COCKLESHELL
1. One of the shells or valves of a cockle. 2. A light boat. To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters. W. Black. - TURBAN-SHELL
A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban. - WREATH-SHELL
A marine shell of the genus Turbo. See Turbo. - SHELL
The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, - GOUGESHELL
A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.