- the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.
- the calyx of certain fruits, as the strawberry.
- any covering or envelope.
- to remove the hull of.
- to shell (peas or beans).
- the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
- Aeronautics.
- the boatlike fuselage of a flying boat on which the plane lands or takes off.
- the cigar-shaped arrangement of girders enclosing the gasbag of a rigid dirigible.
- to pierce (the hull of a ship), especially below the water line.
- to drift without power or sails.
- (of a ship) sufficiently far away, or below the horizon, that the hull is invisible.
- (of a ship) sufficiently near, or above the horizon, that the hull is visible.
- Canadian ice-hockey player, known as “the Golden Jet”: Hockey Hall of Fame 1983.
- U.S. secretary of state 1933–44, known as “the Father of the United Nations”: Nobel Peace Prize 1945.
- U.S. general, court-martialed and sentenced to death after surrendering a U.S. fort to the British during the War of 1812: pardoned by President Madison.
- a seaport in Humberside, in eastern England, on the Humber River.
- a city in southeastern Canada, on the Ottawa River opposite Ottawa.
- the main body of a vessel, tank, flying boat, etc
- the shell or pod of peas or beans; the outer covering of any fruit or seed; husk
- the persistent calyx at the base of a strawberry, raspberry, or similar fruit
- the outer casing of a missile, rocket, etc
- to remove the hulls from (fruit or seeds)
- to pierce the hull of (a vessel, tank, etc)
- a city and port in NE England, in Kingston upon Hull unitary authority, East Riding of Yorkshire: fishing, food processing; two universities. Pop: 301 416 (2001). Official name: Kingston upon Hull
- a city in SE Canada, in SW Quebec on the River Ottawa: a centre of the timber trade and associated industries. Pop: 66 246 (2001)
- Cordell. 1871–1955, US statesman; secretary of state (1933–44). He helped to found the U.N.: Nobel peace prize 1945
