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

• shinier
• shinies
• shiniest
• shinily
• shininess
• shininesses
• shining
• shiningly
• shiningness
• shiningnesses
• shinne
• shinned
• shinnes
• shinnied
• shinnies
• shinning
• shinny
• shinnying
• shin pad
• shin pads
• shinplaster
• shinplasters
• shins
• shin splints
• shinties