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Showing words for SHELLAC using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Shellac

shellac

6 Letter Words for Shellac

calles, cashel, chelas, laches, sealch

5 Letter Words for Shellac

aches, alces, alecs, calls, cella, cells, chals, chase, chela, claes, clash, ellas, hales, halls, halse, heals, helas, hells, laces, lache, leach, leash, salle, scale, scall, selah, sella, shale, shall, sheal, shela, shell

4 Letter Words for Shellac

aces, ache, acle, alce, alec, ales, alls, call, cals, case, cash, ceas, cell, cels, chal, chas, each, ells, esca, haec, haes, hale, hall, hals, heal, hela, hell, lace, lacs, lahs, lase, lash, leal, leas, lech, sale, sall, seah, seal, sech, sell, shea

3 Letter Words for Shellac

ace, ach, aes, ahs, alc, ale, all, als, ase, ash, asl, cal, cel, cha, che, chs, eas, ech, ehs, ela, ell, els, esc, hae, has, hcl, hel, hes, lac, lah, las, lca, lea, les, lsc, sac, sah, sal, sch, sea, sec, sel, sha, she, sla, sle

Definitions for Shellac

[1] lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
[2] a varnish (shellac varnish) made by dissolving this material in alcohol or a similar solvent.
[3] a phonograph record made of a breakable material containing shellac, especially one to be played at 78 r.p.m.: an LP that can hold nearly 10 times as much as the old shellac.
[4] to coat or treat with shellac.
[5] Slang . to defeat; trounce. to thrash soundly.
[6] a yellowish resin secreted by the lac insect, esp a commercial preparation of this used in varnishes, polishes, and leather dressings
[7] Also called: shellac varnish a varnish made by dissolving shellac in ethanol or a similar solvent
[8] a gramophone record based on shellac
[9] to coat or treat (an article) with a shellac varnish
[10] US slang to defeat completely

Words related to Shellac

strike, varnish, trounce, defeat

Words nearby Shellac

shell star, shell steak, shell suit, shell-like, shell-shocked, shellac, shellacking, shellback, shellbark, shellcracker, shelled

Origin of Shellac

1705–15; shell + lac1, translation of French laque en écailles lac in thin plates

Word origin for Shellac

C18: shell + lac 1 , translation of French laque en écailles, literally: lac in scales, that is, in thin plates

Synonyms for Shellac

defeat, strike, trounce, varnish