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indurate cockleshell hickory univalve shuck industrious pearl clamshell soft–shell crab horn floppy snail snapping turtle obtect terrapin cirriped bottle gourd tug tortoise buckler harden pill bug woodlouse sow bug jelly bean moil difficult hull conch shelled hard–shell crab coco-de-mer toil loricate skeleton coco de mer hard tick krill cochleate sclero- hardpan shale callus grind topper shield graft cuticle cohune coquilla nut drudgery periostracum shrapnel ixodid Cancer arthropod hard-boiled sock chitin mollusca conchiferous horny jawbreaker exoskeleton biomineral paper-cutter sclerous octopus pant drupe tea egg laborious pour swot nicker nut belt shrimp rock-hard sea coconut thimblerig scour mother-of-pearl winter squash acorn shell-shocked scrub skin sclerenchyma cowry Triton wallop egg tooth steamer Stern scallop slave iron industry testa crew labor labour volution coxswain strive flinty elusive operculum bombshell ruga bomb blow bash smash paste crump -shelled nates sheal concha 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periwinkle mytiliform siphon maroon bodywork specie hrd bone unclear durous hard-baked sweats swinge HDD iron-hearted sweated uneath rocky in stitches taskwork hard lyers stony assiduous work like a dog hostile stoor hard-set hard-lying money work like a Trojan deep cowrie capsid strombite shirr unshelled madeleine protoconch calibre pottery carrier shell application stark overdrive bullock effort endure polt brittle push brawny crisp lick finicky tenebrous abstract opaque applejack keep one's nose to the grindstone clout slavery dour husk trochoid scarab sclerogenous steely sad thrash chore knock cream linoleum bitter importunate extortionate flint set stumpy fastidious pry soak battered pungent whorl polythalamia saddle shell sun shell tower shell wreath shell cash shell armour dodman airburst miliolite alveolus testudinal coronal bulla elephant's–tooth decorticosis box shell swad sunset clam Spanish oyster tusk shell plaza gray malleus sweetmeat labium inequivalve spiral casing bivalve helicoid shelling sunrise clam elephant's–tusk integument bailer shell escalop orbulina shl weaver shell banded spindle banded whelk jacket shelly clink shell fan mussel spider shell cask shell dod bombard umbrella severe rattle solidify incoherent whin turban shell purple shell screw SDT mud snail crusta bouchee staircase shell long clam basket clam charge bad chuck sand clam cockspur turtle shell sea wing soft clam aspergillum obus nanninose maninose serpulite long–neck clam pectinite hardshell crab mineralogist multivalve mananosay needlefish heart-cockle flak siphonostome patelloid shell-less top shell tube shell wine jar soft crab cockled flint-hearted nail plump HH scler- adamantine stony-hearted hard cheddar storm bonk boiled sweets hard–favored hardheaded one's ass off blast bop great laboursome obdured rough putty coat boom flinthearted overhard cliff dear flint wheat rock-solid hard as a rock short–laid walnut shell heart shell bishop's–miter hammer shell olive spindle saturate inshell shell mound razorfish shell-shock half shell reverse ear-shell dentalium oyster-shell conchylium inoperculate abalone turkey wing shell–less acorn-shell softshell shank shell-suit tiara exuviate partridge shell L–shell Noah's ark fountain M–shell vulcanite sankha apple shell cowpea umbilicate unarmed razor clam carcass toothlet pelican pectiniform trivalve siphonifer jackknife clam testudineous agate shell soft-shelled cardo piecrust woodcock clamp right-handed star shell combat fatigue bodyshell K electron escallop concameration dolma shell jacket shell-like nautiliform paper–shelled cone shell conchite shucky bean tear shell clavicle frill tusk-shell cask hud spiry barquette pulley-drum left-handed gryphite turbinite chiton columella four spire voˈlution M electron philine pelican's–foot rigor ironbound boot Goes beat cold–jaw doughy callous adamant break your back fast exploit split one's sides (laughing) swat ungetatable huff break marble off-putting prig pitiless give way thick slosh rocky-hard like stink thrust knock someone's block off rigour weighty whomp unbeatable twist toilingly starch h swipe sweat out reharden soft power shellac stubborn dungaree lamp sheet peg squareface blown embarrassing buzz by the sweat of your brow siserary stringer knock someone into the middle of next week irestone grub moider tore hardnose cracker severity humbug damnedest hardtack flabby unyielding buttonboard rugged couverte work/slog/sweat your guts out stinging in hysterics plug tor hustle fire-retardant work one's fingers to the bone piledriver piss down Parmesan rolling in the aisles rack your brains short puck flog yourself to death walloper heap elbow grease fight crackjaw with your nose to the grindstone grind away dark intent hard drive burdensome austere hardening earthen-hearted bang swack tee off soaker antitypous piss oneself (laughing) picky ironhearted go recondite seed tool rope petrosal ironstone ruthless concretion challenging abrade work/play/fight your guts out pricasour blew hammer blow boardy bullwork work your ass off flint clay soft launch clock leck cudgel one's brain/brains like a ton of bricks pank asperity chuff going gone oracular cram lacquer drive oneself plodding trying unmanageable quisby strait heavy lifting deep in thought lam do your damnedest hardcase hard–surface Jackson cent knuckle down hornish admiral dental hoof longicone helmet shell shealing auger shell oliva pear-shell radius K–shell green snail scallop-shell testudinarious hard hat hard-faced iron-hard hard-favored out of breath sinewy whinstone tricky wizen rock dog biscuit laugh like a drain rough/tough going dynamo cumbersome hard-bitten ensteel incredible like the clappers muck gainful murky jaunce unsoft blood, sweat, and tears be chucking it down dig into huck knobbly overworked braze unwedgeable woody hardness cogitate difficile blind diligence slave-drive billy-o backbreaking marathon stretch credulity thump hard-code lollipop tag weigh batter stone-hearted cider wine king-hit hard-earned ginger nut cats and dogs picnic crease scorcher powder knock someone's head/block off stare toilsome gun ebonite grindstone hardscrabble bake peg away scraping abstruse achieve uncontrollable with all one's might inconvenient hyperventilate terra cotta terracotta hard-sell tight thwack petrous rusk clinker mash heartless by the sweat of one's brow hard–bitten hard lines rock biscuit Tilsit spadework nickel bitterly slugger sclerodermite pallet sweat it out gril nash tromp heavy well-won tireless smack iron-headed unhandy override palatal hardliner glower red–harden scratch your head roll up your sleeves superhard cudgel one's brain (or brains) forby Liverpool pantile beekite dolium white-ear encapsidate monkey nut bear's–paw scull baculiticone charango subumbonal striation sepiostare inequivalvular vermetid devil's-claw pungle slip–shelled subequivalve soft–shell rimfire foolscap labrum microstomatous orthoceracone ostreaceous three–banded armadillo umbo hypovalve jingle cartridge chicken spiroloculine pipi spirivalve Xancus gymnosomata shell hole turtle barnacle decollate nib lira polycyclic bombproof armed allocochick nacre brachial onyx argus shell scale volute angiostomous coconut cup bouchée fuse clypeate endostracum gladius naked goroon shell ramshorn snail scallop shell sea snail unhusk snow pea oliviform papboat cochleated live row down terebratuliform canister body whorl snail–horned valence shell Venus's–shell crozier glam handbarrow multiplicate pyramid shell spindle-shell varicose unicorn trigon Easter egg mace pearl shell gyˈration slough off something cyrtoceracone L level cantrip M level on the half shell one–pounder hard-core pit talmouse worm shell flue bipeltate mitriform breastplate fat crab prodissoconch preumbonal K–level stroke wreath-shell patelliform helicina envelope foliated univalved blind shell

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Words For "hard-shell"

As you've probably noticed, words for "hard-shell" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "hard-shell" are: nut, testaceous, hard-shelled, nutshell, and crustacean. There are 992 other words that are related to or similar to hard-shell listed above. Hopefully the generated list of words for "hard-shell" above suit your needs. If not, you might want to check out Related Words - another project of mine which uses a different technique (not though that it works best with single words, not phrases).

About Reverse Dictionary

The way Reverse Dictionary works is pretty simple. It simply looks through tonnes of dictionary definitions and grabs the ones that most closely match your search query. For example, if you type something like "longing for a time in the past", then the engine will return "nostalgia". The engine has indexed several million definitions so far, and at this stage it's starting to give consistently good results (though it may return weird results sometimes). It acts a lot like a thesaurus except that it allows you to search with a definition, rather than a single word. So in a sense, this tool is a "search engine for words", or a sentence to word converter.

I made this tool after working on Related Words which is a very similar tool, except it uses a bunch of algorithms and multiple databases to find similar words to a search query. That project is closer to a thesaurus in the sense that it returns synonyms for a word (or short phrase) query, but it also returns many broadly related words that aren't included in thesauri. So this project, Reverse Dictionary, is meant to go hand-in-hand with Related Words to act as a word-finding and brainstorming toolset. For those interested, I also developed Describing Words which helps you find adjectives and interesting descriptors for things (e.g. waves, sunsets, trees, etc.).

In case you didn't notice, you can click on words in the search results and you'll be presented with the definition of that word (if available). The definitions are sourced from the famous and open-source WordNet database, so a huge thanks to the many contributors for creating such an awesome free resource.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: Elastic Search, @HubSpot, WordNet, and @mongodb.

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