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

• fire-robed
• firers
• fires
• fire sale
• fire sales
• firescreen
• firescreens
• fireship
• fireships
• fire-shovel
• larvate
• larvated
• larvicidal
• larvicide
• larvicides
• larviform
• larvikite
• larvikites
• larviparous
• laryngal
• laryngeal
• laryngectomee
• laryngectomees
• laryngectomies
• laryngectomy