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

• catch it
• catch light
• catchline
• catchlines
• catch me
• catchment
• catchment area
• catchment areas
• catchment basin
• catchment basins
• Catchment board
• catchments
• catch on
• catch one's breath
• catch one's death
• catch one's death of cold
• catch on the hip
• catch on the wrong foot
• catch out
• catchpennies
• catchpenny
• catchphrase
• catchphrases
• catch-pit
• catch points