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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. Colin Cheng:

    These prawns are from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and here are prawns from Guangdong and Fujian, river prawns from Zhejiang are firmer in texture, whereas those from Guangdong are softer because of the high temperature there, shells are thinner too.

  2. Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh:

    One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.

  3. Ed Gomez:

    I think the Hainanese have essentially taken out all the giant clam shells from the South China Sea, dead or alive.

  4. Randall Irmis:

    With only isolated skulls or shells, we are unable to fully understand how different species of fossil turtles are related, and what roles they played in their ecosystems.

  5. Clarissa Ward:

    What you're seeing in the last few days is... a major uptick, a major escalation, particularly when you're seeing shells landing on civilian buildings.

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