Ictonyx striata : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

ice tongs
n 1: tongs for lifting blocks of ice

English Dictionary: Ictonyx striata	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ictonyx n a genus of Mustelidae Synonym(s): Ictonyx, genus Ictonyx
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ictonyx frenata n muishond of northern Africa [syn: zoril, {Ictonyx frenata}]
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Ictonyx striata n ferret-sized muishond often tamed [syn: striped muishond, Ictonyx striata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isotonic adj (used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure Synonym(s): isotonic, isosmotic Antonym(s): hypertonic, hypotonic relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of a musical scale; "isotonic tuning" of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes Antonym(s): isometric of two or more muscles; having equal tension
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isotonic exercise n exercise in which opposing muscles contract and there is controlled movement (tension is constant while the lengths of the muscles change); "the classic isotonic exercise is lifting free weights"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isotonic solution n a solution having the same osmotic pressure as blood [syn: isotonic solution, isosmotic solution]
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Istanbul n the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church Synonym(s): Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople
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isthmian adj of or relating to or forming an isthmus
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Isthmian Games n the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each Olympiad
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isthmus n a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure Synonym(s): isthmus, band
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Isthmus of Corinth n a narrow isthmus between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf; a canal crosses the isthmus so that navigation is possible between the gulfs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Isthmus of Darien n the isthmus that connects Central America and South America; was formerly called the Isthmus of Darien; "Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Darien" Synonym(s): Isthmus of Panama, Isthmus of Darien
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Isthmus of Kra n a narrow isthmus linking the Malay Peninsula to the Asian mainland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Isthmus of Panama n the isthmus that connects Central America and South America; was formerly called the Isthmus of Darien; "Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Darien" Synonym(s): Isthmus of Panama, Isthmus of Darien
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Isthmus of Suez n the isthmus in northeastern Egypt that connects Africa and Asia
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Isthmus of Tehuantepec n the narrowest part of southern Mexico is an isthmus between the Bay of Campeche on the north coast and the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the south coast
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Ice sludge}, bay ice broken small by the wind or waves; sludge. {Ice spar} (Min.), a variety of feldspar, the crystals of which are very clear like ice; rhyacolite. {Ice tongs}, large iron nippers for handling ice. {Ice water}. (a) Water cooled by ice. (b) Water formed by the melting of ice. {Ice yacht}. See {Ice boat} (above). {To break the ice}. See under {Break}. {Water ice}, a confection consisting of water sweetened, flavored, and frozen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ichthin \Ich"thin\, n. [Gr. [?] fish.] (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous fishes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ichthyomancy \Ich"thyoman`cy\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a fish + -mancy: cf. F. ichthyomancie.] Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ichthyomorphic \Ich`thyomor"phic\, Ichthyomorphous \Ich`thyomor"phous\, a. [See {Ichthyomorpha}.] Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ichthyomorphic \Ich`thyomor"phic\, Ichthyomorphous \Ich`thyomor"phous\, a. [See {Ichthyomorpha}.] Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ichthyoomy \Ich`thyo"omy\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a fish + [?] to cut.] The anatomy or dissection of fishes. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zorilla \Zo*ril"la\, n. [Sp. zorilla, zorillo, dim. of zorra, zorro, a fox: cf. F. zorille.] (Zo[94]l.) Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the genus {Ictonyx} allied to the weasels and skunks. [Written also {zoril}, and {zorille}.] Note: The best-known species ({Ictonyx zorilla}) has black shiny fur with white bands and spots. It has anal glands which produce a very offensive secretion, similar to that of the skunk. It feeds upon birds and their eggs and upon small mammals, and is often very destructive to poultry. It is sometimes tamed by the natives, and kept to destroy rats and mice. Called also {mariput}, {Cape polecat}, and {African polecat}. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the American skunk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zorilla \Zo*ril"la\, n. [Sp. zorilla, zorillo, dim. of zorra, zorro, a fox: cf. F. zorille.] (Zo[94]l.) Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the genus {Ictonyx} allied to the weasels and skunks. [Written also {zoril}, and {zorille}.] Note: The best-known species ({Ictonyx zorilla}) has black shiny fur with white bands and spots. It has anal glands which produce a very offensive secretion, similar to that of the skunk. It feeds upon birds and their eggs and upon small mammals, and is often very destructive to poultry. It is sometimes tamed by the natives, and kept to destroy rats and mice. Called also {mariput}, {Cape polecat}, and {African polecat}. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the American skunk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isatin \I"sa*tin\, n. [See {Isatis}.] (Chem.) An orange-red crystalline substance, {C8H5NO2}, obtained by the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo. [Written also, less properly, {isatine}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isatin \I"sa*tin\, n. [See {Isatis}.] (Chem.) An orange-red crystalline substance, {C8H5NO2}, obtained by the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo. [Written also, less properly, {isatine}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isatic \Isat"ic\, Isatinic \I`satin"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, isatin; as, isatic acid, which is also called trioxindol.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isethionic \Iseth`ion"ic\, a. [Is- + ethionic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid, {HO.C2H4.SO3H}, obtained as an oily or crystalline substance, by the action of sulphur trioxide on alcohol or ether. It is derivative of sulphuric acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isodiametric \I`sodi`amet"ric\, a. [Iso- + diametric.] 1. (Crystallog.) Developed alike in the directions of the several lateral axes; -- said of crystals of both the tetragonal and hexagonal systems. 2. (Bot.) Having the several diameters nearly equal; -- said of the cells of ordinary parenchyma.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isodimorphic \I`sodimor"phic\, a. [Iso- + dimorphic.] Isodimorphous.
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Isodimorphism \I`sodimor"phism\, n. Isomorphism between the two forms severally of two dimorphous substances.
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Isodimorphous \I`sodimor"phous\, a. [Iso- + dimorphous.] Having the quality of isodimorphism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isodynamic \I`sodynam"ic\, a. [Iso- + dynamic.] Of, pertaining to, having, or denoting, equality of force. {Isodynamic foods} (Physiol.), those foods that produce a similar amount of heat. {Isodynamic lines} (Magnetism), lines on the earth's surface connecting places at which the magnetic intensity is the same.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isodynamic \I`sodynam"ic\, a. [Iso- + dynamic.] Of, pertaining to, having, or denoting, equality of force. {Isodynamic foods} (Physiol.), those foods that produce a similar amount of heat. {Isodynamic lines} (Magnetism), lines on the earth's surface connecting places at which the magnetic intensity is the same.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isodynamic \I`sodynam"ic\, a. [Iso- + dynamic.] Of, pertaining to, having, or denoting, equality of force. {Isodynamic foods} (Physiol.), those foods that produce a similar amount of heat. {Isodynamic lines} (Magnetism), lines on the earth's surface connecting places at which the magnetic intensity is the same.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isodynamous \I`sody"namous\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Isodynamic}.] Of equal force or size.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isotonic \I`so*ton"ic\, a. [Iso- + tonic.] Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension. {Isotonic system} (Mus.), a system consisting of intervals, in which each concord is alike tempered, and in which there are twelve equal semitones.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isotonic \I`so*ton"ic\, a. [Iso- + tonic.] Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension. {Isotonic system} (Mus.), a system consisting of intervals, in which each concord is alike tempered, and in which there are twelve equal semitones.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isthmian \Isth"mi*an\, a. [L. Isthmius, Gr. [?]. See {Isthmus}.] Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece. {Isthmian games} (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national festivals of Greece, celebrated on the Isthmus of Corinth in the spring of every alternate year. They consisted of all kinds of athletic sports, wrestling, boxing, racing on foot and in chariots, and also contests in music and poetry. The prize was a garland of pine leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isthmian \Isth"mi*an\, a. [L. Isthmius, Gr. [?]. See {Isthmus}.] Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece. {Isthmian games} (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national festivals of Greece, celebrated on the Isthmus of Corinth in the spring of every alternate year. They consisted of all kinds of athletic sports, wrestling, boxing, racing on foot and in chariots, and also contests in music and poetry. The prize was a garland of pine leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isthmus \Isth"mus\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Isthmuses}. [L. isthmus, Gr. 'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. ei[edh] isthmus. See {Issue}.] (Geog.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. {Isthmus of the fauces}. (Anat.) See {Fauces}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isthmus \Isth"mus\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Isthmuses}. [L. isthmus, Gr. 'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. ei[edh] isthmus. See {Issue}.] (Geog.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. {Isthmus of the fauces}. (Anat.) See {Fauces}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fauces \[d8]Fau"ces\, n.pl. [L.] 1. (Anat.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the {isthmus of the fauces}. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils. 2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc. 3. (Zo[94]l.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isthmus \Isth"mus\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Isthmuses}. [L. isthmus, Gr. 'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. ei[edh] isthmus. See {Issue}.] (Geog.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. {Isthmus of the fauces}. (Anat.) See {Fauces}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fauces \[d8]Fau"ces\, n.pl. [L.] 1. (Anat.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the {isthmus of the fauces}. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils. 2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc. 3. (Zo[94]l.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isthmus \Isth"mus\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Isthmuses}. [L. isthmus, Gr. 'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. ei[edh] isthmus. See {Issue}.] (Geog.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. {Isthmus of the fauces}. (Anat.) See {Fauces}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ixodian \Ixo"dian\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A tick of the genus {Ixodes}, or the family {Ixodid[91]}.
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