Word Meanings - DIVARICATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda.
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- SHELL-LESS
, a. Having no shell. J. Burroughs. - SHELLER
One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller. - ILLUSTROUS
Without luster. - CARDINALSHIP
The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal - ILLUSTRIOUS
1. Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid. Quench the light; thine eyes are guides illustrious. Beau. & Fl. 2. Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent; conspicuous; distinguished. Illustrious earls, renowened - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - SHELLAPPLE
See SHELDAFLE - ILLUSTRATIVELY
By way of illustration or elucidation. Sir T. Browne. - SHELLPROOF
Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof. - ILLUSTRATIVE
1. Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate. 2. Making illustrious. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - 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 - CARDINALIZE
To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon. - ILLUSTRIOUSNESS
The state or quality of being eminent; greatness; grandeur; glory; fame. - ILLUSTRATION
1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct. 2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, - SHELLED
Having a shell. - SHELLING
Groats; hulled oats. Simmonds. - MUSCLE READING
The art of making discriminations between objects of choice, of discovering the whereabouts of hidden objects, etc., by inference from the involuntary movements of one whose hand the reader holds or with whom he is otherwise in muscular contact. - 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. - TONGUE-SHELL
Any species of Lingula. - UNSHELL
To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch. - UNCARDINAL
To degrade from the cardinalship. - 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. - DECARDINALIZE
To depose from the rank of cardinal. - 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.