Synonyms of the word

carapace

• n. A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
• n. in figurative use.

cuticle

• n. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis.
• n. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
• n. Dead or cornified epidermis.
• n. (zoology, botany) A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.
• n. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

scute

• n. (zoology) A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin…
• n. (genetics) A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many…
• n. (obsolete) A small shield.
• n. (historical) An old French gold coin.

shell

• n. A hard external covering of an animal.
• n. The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
• n. One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
• n. The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
• n. The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
• n. The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
• n. A hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon…
• n. The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
• n. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in,…
• n. A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that…
• n. A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
• n. (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
• n. (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims…
• n. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
• n. (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
• n. (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
• n. (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper;…
• n. (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs…
• n. (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
• n. An emaciated person.
• n. A psychological barrier to social interaction.
• n. (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
• n. A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
• n. (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
• v. To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.
• v. To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
• v. (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
• v. (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
• v. (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
• v. To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
• v. (topology) To form a shelling.

shield

• n. Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
• n. Something shaped like a shield, usually an inverted triangle with slightly curved lower sides.
• n. (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
• n. (figuratively, Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
• v. To protect, to defend.
• v. (electricity) to protect from the influence of.