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Shell


Shell may refer to
- Exoskeleton|Animal shell, or exoskeleton, including those of molluscs, turtles, insects and crustaceans
- Seashell, the shells of various marine animals, especially marine mollusks
- Eggshell, the outer covering of a hard-shelled egg Any more or less hollow surface covering, including:
- Shell (projectile), a projectile which carries an explosive payload
- Shell (theater), a curved surface for reflecting and focusing sound
- Racing shell, a rowed watercraft
- Thin-shell structure, a method of building construction In '''science''' and '''mathematics''':
- List of algebraic structures|Shell (mathematics), a ring-like algebraic structure
- Electron shell, describing the structure of electron configuration in atoms
- Electron configuration#Shells_and_subshells|Electron shells in atomic physics
- On shell and off shell, in quantum field theory In '''computing'''
- Shell (computing), a type of computer user interface (for example a Unix or a DOS shell)
- Shell account, a personal account that gives a user access to a Unix shell on another machine, usually through SSH
- Shell sort, a sorting algorithm In '''business'''
- Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational energy company
    - Shell Oil Company, American affiliate
    - Shell Canada
    - Shell Nigeria
    - Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., in Japan.
- Shell Turbo Chargers, a defunct basketball team in the Philippines under the ownership of the Shell Corporation.
- Shell, Ecuador, sometimes called Shell Mera, a city named after the Shell Oil Company
- Shell (corporation) In '''media''' and '''entertainment''':
- Shell Thropp, a character from the books ''Wicked'' and ''Son of a Witch''
- Shells (Angel)|"Shells" (''Angel''), a 2004 episode of the television series ''Angel''
- The Shells, an American doo wop group
- Big Shell, an offshore decontamination facility in the videogame ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' As a '''surname''':
- Donald Shell, American computer scientist
- Art Shell, former American football player and coach simple:Shell

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