Word Meanings - IMPERFORATA - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.
Related words: (words related to IMPERFORATA)
- SHELL-LESS
, a. Having no shell. J. Burroughs. - SHELLER
One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller. - DIVISIONARY
Divisional. - DIVISIONALLY
So as to be divisional. - THOSE
The plural of that. See That. - 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. - 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, - SHELLAPPLE
See SHELDAFLE - SHELLPROOF
Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof. - 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. - INCLUDED
Inclosed; confined. Included stamens , such as are shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them. - POROUSNESS
1. The quality of being porous. 2. The open parts; the interstices of anything. They will forcibly get into the porousness of it. Sir K. Digby. - 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 - DIVISIONAL
That divides; pas, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police. Divisional planes , planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints. - SHELLED
Having a shell. - SHELLING
Groats; hulled oats. Simmonds. - 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. - FORAMINIFERA
An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda. - GOROON SHELL
A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell . - POLYSPOROUS
Containing many spores. - 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. - SPATHOSE
See SPATHIC - 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. - MISDIVISION
Wrong division. - TONGUE-SHELL
Any species of Lingula. - UNSHELL
To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch. - 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. - HETEROSPORIC; HETEROSPOROUS
Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.