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

• sofars
• so far so good
• sofas
• sofa table
• sofa tables
• soffioni
• soffit
• soffits
• Sofi
• Sofis
• Sofism
• S. of S.
• soft
• softa
• soft art
• softas
• softback
• softbacks
• softball
• softballs
• soft benefits
• soft-billed
• soft-bodied
• soft-boil
• steam gauges