fastidious /fa-stidˈi-əs/

1. Easily repelled or disgusted
2. Meticulous or over-meticulous
3. Difficult to please
4. Exacting in taste, highly discriminating
5. (of bacteria) having complex requirements for growth

fastidˈiously adverb

fastidˈiousness noun

• shellfish
• shellfishes
• shellful
• shellfuls
• shell game
• shell games
• shell heap
• shell heaps
• shell-hole
• shell-holes
• shell-ice
• shell-ices
• shellier
• shelliest
• shelliness
• shellinesses
• shelling
• shellings
• shell jacket
• shell jackets
• shell-lac
• shell-less
• shell-like
• shell lime
• shell limes