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Word Meanings - IMPERFORATA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.

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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.
  • 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.

 

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