Related Words for shell

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WordSyllablesCategories
carapace
xx/x
Noun, Noun
pod
/
Noun, Noun
eggshell
/x
Noun, Noun
plate
/
Noun, Noun
casing
/x
Noun, Noun
blast
/
Noun, Noun
scale
/
Noun, Noun
clam
/
Noun
turtle
/x
Noun
mollusk
/x
Noun
conch
/
Noun, Adjective
hollow
/x
Noun
seashell
/x
Noun
scallop
/x
Noun
mollusc
/x
Noun
outer
/x
Noun
skeleton
/xx
Noun
crab
/
Noun
bivalve
/x
Noun, Adjective
inside
x/
Noun
hole
/
Noun
husk
/
Noun
oyster
/x
Noun
hull
/
Noun
plastic
/x
Noun
nautilus
/xx
Name
structure
/x
Noun
operculum
xxxx
Noun
pocket
/x
Noun
coating
/x
Noun
lobster
/x
Noun
sand
/
Noun
mussel
/x
Noun
cavity
/xx
Noun
tank
/
Noun
crack
/
Noun
cocoon
x/
Noun
exterior
x/xx
Noun
slug
/
Noun
dome
/
Noun
exoskeleton
xx/xx
Noun
membrane
/x
Noun
tortoise
/x
Noun, Adjective
lining
/x
Noun
wrapper
/x
Noun
console
/x
Noun
ammonite
/xx
Noun
layer
/x
Noun
skull
/
Noun
burrow
/x
Noun
pouch
/
Noun
pipe
/
Noun
base
/
Noun
shellfish
/x
Noun
test
/
Noun
mantle
/x
Noun
crust
/
Noun
testa
/x
Noun
cockle
/x
Noun
mail
/
Noun
sculpture
/x
Noun
shrimp
/
Noun
crustacean
x/x
Noun
cochlea
/xx
Noun
limpet
/x
Noun, Adjective
shard
/
Noun
spat
/
Verb
integument
x/xx
Noun
cuttlefish
/xx
Noun
sponge
/
Noun
sea slug
//
Phrase, Noun
blade
/
Noun
claw
/
Noun
octopus
/xx
Noun
ghost
/
Adverb
outgrown
x/
Adjective
snail
/
Noun
bash
/
Noun
elongate
x/x
Adverb
chevron
/x
Noun
turquoise
/x
Noun
outermost
/xx
Adjective
unexploded
xx/x
Adjective
coiling
/x
Noun
gutted
/x
Adjective
albumen
x/x
Noun
chambered
/x
Adjective
shrapnel
/x
Noun
canister
/xx
Noun
splinter
/x
Noun
allocation
xx/x
Noun
almonds
/x
Noun
ammunition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
armour
/x
Noun, Verb
arrowhead
/xx
Noun
atom
/x
Noun
atomic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
axisymmetric
/xx/x
Adjective
backbone
/x
Noun
ball
/
Noun, Verb
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
barrel
/x
Noun, Verb
beach
/
Noun, Verb
bead
/
Noun, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bodywork
/xx
Noun
bogus
/x
Adjective, Noun
bomb
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bombard
x/
Verb, Noun
breastplate
/x
Noun
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
bulb
/
Noun, Verb
bullet
/x
Noun, Verb
bush
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
cage
/
Noun, Verb
cap
/
Noun, Verb
capsule
/x
Noun, Verb
carcass
/x
Noun
carton
/x
Noun, Verb
cartridge
/x
Noun
cell
/
Noun, Verb
childbirth
/x
Noun
cistern
/x
Noun
cloth
/
Noun
clump
/
Noun, Verb
coke
/
Noun, Verb
container
x/x
Noun
containment
x/x
Noun
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
crump
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
cup
/
Noun, Verb
cylinder
/xx
Noun, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
deception
x/x
Noun
degenerate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
delocalized
x/xx
Adjective
deposit
x/x
Noun, Verb
depot
/x
Noun
diaper
/x
Noun, Verb
diatomic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
dipolar
x/x
Adjective
dish
/
Noun, Verb
disintegrated
x/xxx
Adjective
dole
/
Noun, Verb
dummy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
egg
/
Noun, Verb
electron
x/x
Noun
empty
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
enclosure
x/x
Noun
envelop
x/x
Verb
envelope
/xx
Noun, Verb
facade
x/
Noun
façade
//
Noun
fictional
/xx
Adjective
fictitious
x/x
Adjective
fictive
/x
Adjective, Noun
fish
/
Noun, Verb
frame
/
Noun, Verb
gas
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gearbox
/x
Noun
generic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
grenada
x/x
Name
grenade
x/
Noun, Verb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hoop
/
Noun, Verb
horseshoe
/x
Noun, Verb
housing
/x
Noun
hybridized
/xx
Verb, Adjective
imaginary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
impoundment
x/x
Noun
incoming
/xx
Adjective, Noun
interface
/xx
Noun, Verb
jacket
/x
Noun, Verb
lima
/x
Name
mete
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
missile
/x
Noun
mock
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
mortar
/x
Noun, Verb
nucleon
/xx
Noun
nuts
/
Noun, Adjective
nutshell
/x
Noun, Verb
ocean
/x
Noun
octahedral
xx/x
Adjective
orbital
/xx
Adjective, Noun
paddy
/x
Noun, Adjective
paralysis
x/xx
Noun
parcel
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
particle
/xx
Noun
peanut
/x
Noun, Verb
pink
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
plate armor
//x
Phrase, Noun
pool
/
Noun, Verb
pound
/
Noun, Verb
projectile
x/x
Noun, Adjective
pump
/
Noun, Verb
recharge
x/
Noun, Verb
repository
x/xxx
Noun
reservoir
/xx
Noun, Verb
ring
/
Noun, Verb
sail
/
Noun, Verb
sarcophagus
x/xx
Noun, Verb
scallop shell
/x/
Phrase, Noun
screen
/
Noun, Verb
scull
/
Noun, Verb
sea
/
Noun
shadow
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shale
/
Noun, Verb
sham
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
she
/
Noun
sheath
/
Noun, Verb
sheet
/
Noun, Verb
shelf
/
Noun
shock
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
shoe
/
Noun, Verb
skin
/
Noun, Verb
sluice
/
Noun, Verb
spool
/
Noun, Verb
square
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
station
/x
Noun, Verb
storehouse
/x
Noun, Verb
strata
/x
Noun
strike
/
Noun, Verb
surface
/x
Noun, Verb
symmetry
/xx
Noun
taco
/x
Noun, Verb
tanker
/x
Noun, Verb
tetrahedral
xx/x
Adjective
typo
/x
Noun, Verb
vegetable
/xx
Noun, Adjective
veil
/
Noun, Verb
wall
/
Noun, Verb
walnuts
/x
Noun, Verb
warehouse
/x
Noun, Verb
pigeon
/x
Noun, Verb
salad
/x
Noun
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dicky
/x
Name, Adjective
butt
/
Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pidgin
/x
Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
maypole
/x
Noun, Verb
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun
sfa
x
Name