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with solid shells used for early rifled artillery,[citation needed] but "shell" has come to be unambiguous in a military context. A shell can hold a tracer...

subspecies. The shells of abalones have a low, open spiral structure, and are characterized by several open respiratory pores in a row near the shell's outer edge...

The tusk shells or tooth shells, technically the Scaphopoda /skæˈfɒpədə/ (the scaphopods /ˈskæfəpɒdz/, from Ancient Greek σκᾰ́φης skáphē "boat" and πούς...

use of four radio car antennas—revealing the website URL, alongside an image that consists of half of a polar bear's head and half of the Shell logo...

some types of ammunition. HESH rounds are thin metal shells filled with plastic explosive and a delayed-action fuze at the base of the shell. On impact...

"shell shock" was coined during the Battle of Loos to reflect an assumed link between the symptoms and the effects of explosions from artillery shells...

end of World War I for anti-personnel use; high-explosive shells superseded it for that role. The functioning and principles behind shrapnel shells are...

pressure wave effect when comparing to traditional high-explosive shells. Mine shells were originally developed during the mid- to late 1800s against fortresses...

incendiary charge in place of the bursting charge. Armour-piercing high-explosive (APHE) shells are armour-piercing shells containing an explosive filling...

album, Twigs performed two unreleased tracks, entitled "Room of Fools" and "Girl Feels Good", live at an event hosted by On Running during London Fashion...

questionable exception of Cobcrephora. While most mollusc shells are composed mainly of aragonite, those gastropods that lay eggs with a hard shell use calcite (sometimes...

the front of the shell. The black eyes are usually buried just beneath the surface of the head. These bubble snails have thin, inflated shells ranging in...

or shells was a sign of vitality, whereas unkempt and dirty hair signified affliction. Slaves were often forced by Europeans to shave their heads to prevent...

projectile. Rock salt shells are hand loaded with coarse rock salt crystals, replacing the standard lead or steel shot. Rock salt shells could be seen as the...

brass shells. Some companies have produced what appear to be all-plastic shells, although in these there is a small metal ring cast into the rim of the...

shape of their fossilized shells, which somewhat resemble tightly coiled rams' horns. Pliny the Elder (d. 79 AD near Pompeii) called fossils of these...

Idiopathic head tremors (IHT) in dogs are characterized by involuntary lateral or vertical movement of the head. Idiopathic head tremors are ordinarily...

the interior of the ring, which was kept clear and used as a common area. Two other shell rings on Hilton Head were destroyed when the shells were removed...

from shells. Conch shells carve very well, but their color fades over time. After 1850 demand for cameos grew, as they became popular souvenirs of the...

Scharnhorst, engaged Good Hope while Gneisenau fired at Monmouth. Cradock's flagship was hit on the Scharnhorst's third salvo, when shells knocked out her...