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

• well-warranted
• well, well
• well-willer
• well-willers
• well-wish
• well-wished
• well-wisher
• well-wishers
• well-wishes
• well-wishing
• well woman
• well-woman clinic
• well-won
• willowiest
• willowing
• willowing-machine
• willowing-machines
• willowish
• willow pattern
• willow patterns
• willows
• willow tit
• willow tits
• willow warbler
• willow warblers