to shell

To break rock or walls using explosives to make an opening

To close something tightly to stop air or water getting in

To become more confident and willing to talk to other people

To become quiet and avoid talking to others when you feel shy or anxious

Served on the bottom shell only without the top shell

Pay a large amount of money even when you do not want to

A metal object fired from a large gun that often has an explosive inside

A small case filled with many small metal balls that is fired from a shotgun

A company that exists only on paper and has no real business used to hide ownership or move money

A severe emotional and physical reaction after a long time in war or heavy fighting

A cheating street game where someone hides an object under cups and makes people guess where it is

A shell cut in half that serves as a dish for oysters or clams

A crab with a soft new shell that people often eat whole

A hard outer part of a sea animal that people use for decoration or to add calcium to soil

A baked or unbaked pastry crust that holds the filling of a pie

A metal explosive shot from a tank's main gun

A group of electrons that surround an atom's centre at the same energy level

An explosive fired from a cannon that releases poisonous gas when it explodes

A crab that has a hard outer covering because it has not recently shed its skin

A fan-shaped shell with lines from the middle to the edge often used as a symbol

A small broken piece of a shell from an egg or sea animal

A metal case for a gun that contains gunpowder but no bullet

A small sea snail with a thin round shell like a bubble

A sea animal with eight overlapping hard plates that clings to rocks

A large sea snail with a flat, shiny shell eaten as food

A sea animal with a heavy ridged shell in two parts that people sometimes eat

A sea animal with two shells and two arm-like parts with tentacles for feeding

A smooth rounded sea snail shell with a small top often found on sandy beaches

A North American clam with a thick hard shell that is eaten as food

A very light long narrow boat that people row in competitions

A small hollow pastry case that holds savory or sweet fillings

A tropical sea snail with long curved spines around the shell opening

A small spoon with a bowl like a shell used to serve sugar

A sea animal that has a long thin shell open at both ends and a foot for digging in sand

A company that exists only on paper and has no real business often used to hide money

A tropical plant with large shiny leaves and white flowers with pink and yellow spots

A short waist-length jacket worn by military officers at formal dinners

A plant that farmers grow for its edible bean seeds rather than its pod

A bean plant grown for the seeds that people eat, picked when ripe but not dry

A bean you take from its pod before cooking, usually soft and not fully ripe

A hobby of collecting and studying sea shells

A small Australian parrot often bright green with black and yellow spots that people keep as a colorful pet

Metal plates that form the outside of a steel ship like planks on a wooden ship

A crochet pattern where several loops are made in one place to form a fan shape

To make crochet rows or edges that form fan shapes

A colorful plant that grows in marshes with waxy long leaves and pink and white flowers

A narrow boat for one person who rows

A small sea animal with a thin fragile shell that people eat

A small signal fired into the air that bursts to light an area at night

A small sea animal with a long tube-shaped shell open at both ends

A small fast bomb fired from a gun that makes a loud whistling sound and then explodes with a bang