carapace /karˈə-pās/

1. The thick hard shell, made of bone or chitin, of the crab, tortoise, turtle, etc
2. A layer of heat-resistant tiles on a spacecraft
3. An inpenetrable outer shell, eg a reserved manner used as a protection against outside influences

carapāˈcial /-shl/ adjective

• bratticings
• brattier
• brattiest
• brattish
• brattished
• brattishes
• brattishing
• brattishings
• brattle
• brattled
• brattles
• brattling
• brattlings
• bratty
• bratwurst
• bratwursts
• braunch
• braunite
• braunites
• brava
• bravado
• bravadoed
• bravadoes
• bravadoing
• bravados