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

• bletting
• bleuâtre
• blew
• blewart
• blewarts
• blewits
• blewitses
• bley
• bleys
• blight
• blighted
• blighter
• blighters
• blighties
• blighting
• blightingly
• blightings
• blights
• blighty
• blimbing
• blimey
• blimp
• blimpish
• blimpishness
• blimpishnesses