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  1. Shells

    "Shells" is episode 16 of season 5 in the television show Angel.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. shells

    Hollow projectiles; also, the cases of metallic cartridges for use in small-arms. See Projectiles.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SHELLS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shells is ranked #37492 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Shells surname appeared 594 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shells.

    84.1% or 500 total occurrences were Black.
    8.2% or 49 total occurrences were White.
    4.8% or 29 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.8% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SHELLS in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SHELLS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of SHELLS in a Sentence

  1. James Harrison:

    I’m still shaking a little bit, my heart’s still pounding, I still have a bunch of adrenaline because it was right outside my door, right outside the class door, i heard the shells of the bullets from the gun on the floor.

  2. White House:

    Oneof Americas leading scientists, Dr. Jeffries was crucial to the United States war effort in World War II, his efforts enabled the United States to develop artillery shells capable of piercing the armor of German tanks, and his contributions to the Manhattan Project helped end the war in the Pacifictheater.

  3. Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh:

    One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.

  4. Dorothy L. Sayers:

    Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.

  5. Richard Llewellyn:

    The ordinary citizens come up and say how grateful they are. I found that quite difficult to take actually. I don't feel that we had done anything special, especially for them, their homes were knocked down by shells and troops. Unfortunately, war leaves a lot of destruction.

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