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   ice bear
         n 1: white bear of Arctic regions [syn: {ice bear}, {polar
               bear}, {Ursus Maritimus}, {Thalarctos maritimus}]

English Dictionary: Isopyrum biternatum by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ice over
v
  1. become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window; "When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane"
    Synonym(s): ice up, frost over, ice over
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ice-free
adj
  1. free of ice and open to travel; "an ice-free channel in the river"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
iceberg
n
  1. a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
    Synonym(s): iceberg, berg
  2. lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head; "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"
    Synonym(s): crisphead lettuce, iceberg lettuce, iceberg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
iceberg lettuce
n
  1. lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head; "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"
    Synonym(s): crisphead lettuce, iceberg lettuce, iceberg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
icebreaker
n
  1. a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation
    Synonym(s): icebreaker, iceboat
  2. a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere; "he told jokes as an icebreaker"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isobar
n
  1. (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isopropanol
n
  1. alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent [syn: {isopropyl alcohol}, isopropanol]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isopropyl alcohol
n
  1. alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent [syn: {isopropyl alcohol}, isopropanol]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isoproterenol
n
  1. drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart
    Synonym(s): isoproterenol, Isuprel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Isopyrum
n
  1. tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere [syn: Isopyrum, genus Isopyrum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Isopyrum biternatum
n
  1. slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue
    Synonym(s): false rue anemone, false rue, Isopyrum biternatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
issue forth
v
  1. come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard"
    Synonym(s): issue forth, come
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Isuprel
n
  1. drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart
    Synonym(s): isoproterenol, Isuprel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ixobrychus
n
  1. bitterns
    Synonym(s): Ixobrychus, genus Ixobrychus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ixobrychus exilis
n
  1. small American bittern [syn: least bittern, {Ixobrychus exilis}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ice \Ice\ ([imac]s), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. [c6]s; aksin to D.
      ijs, G. eis, OHG. [c6]s, Icel. [c6]ss, Sw. is, Dan. iis, and
      perh. to E. iron.]
      1. Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state
            by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent
            colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal.
            Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4[f8] C.
            being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
  
      Note: Water freezes at 32[f8] F. or 0[f8] Cent., and ice
               melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling
               properties to the large amount of heat required to melt
               it.
  
      2. Concreted sugar. --Johnson.
  
      3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and
            artificially frozen.
  
      4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor
            ice.
  
      {Anchor ice}, ice which sometimes forms about stones and
            other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and
            is thus attached or anchored to the ground.
  
      {Bay ice}, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in
            extensive fields which drift out to sea.
  
      {Ground ice}, anchor ice.
  
      {Ice age} (Geol.), the glacial epoch or period. See under
            {Glacial}.
  
      {Ice anchor} (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a
            field of ice. --Kane.
  
      {Ice blink} [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the
            horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not
            yet in sight.
  
      {Ice boat}.
            (a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on
                  ice by sails; an ice yacht.
            (b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice.
                 
  
      {Ice box} [or] {chest}, a box for holding ice; a box in which
            things are kept cool by means of ice; a refrigerator.
  
      {Ice brook}, a brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic]
            --Shak.
  
      {Ice cream} [for iced cream], cream, milk, or custard,
            sweetened, flavored, and frozen.
  
      {Ice field}, an extensive sheet of ice.
  
      {Ice float}, {Ice floe}, a sheet of floating ice similar to
            an ice field, but smaller.
  
      {Ice foot}, shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. --Kane.
  
      {Ice house}, a close-covered pit or building for storing ice.
           
  
      {Ice machine} (Physics), a machine for making ice
            artificially, as by the production of a low temperature
            through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the
            rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid.
  
      {Ice master}. See {Ice pilot} (below).
  
      {Ice pack}, an irregular mass of broken and drifting ice.
  
      {Ice paper}, a transparent film of gelatin for copying or
            reproducing; papier glac[82].
  
      {Ice petrel} (Zo[94]l.), a shearwater ({Puffinus gelidus}) of
            the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.
  
      {Ice pick}, a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small
            pieces.
  
      {Ice pilot}, a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the
            course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; -- called
            also {ice master}.
  
      {Ice pitcher}, a pitcher adapted for ice water.
  
      {Ice plow}, a large tool for grooving and cutting ice.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iceberg \Ice"berg`\, n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan.
      iisbierg, Sw. isberg, properly, a mountain of ice. See {Ice},
      and {Berg}.]
      A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
  
      Note: Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which
               in cold regions often project into the sea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Icebird \Ice"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Icy-pearled \I"cy-pearl`ed\, a.
      Spangled with ice.
  
               Mounting up in icy-pearled car.               --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isobar \I"so*bar\, n.
      The quality or state of being equal in weight, especially in
      atmospheric pressure. Also, the theory, method, or
      application of isobaric science.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isobar \I"so*bar\, n. [Iso- + Gr. [?] weight.] (Phys. Geog.)
      A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the
      earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is
      the same either at a given time, or for a certain period
      (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line. [Written
      also {isobare}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isobar \I"so*bar\, n. [Iso- + Gr. [?] weight.] (Phys. Geog.)
      A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the
      earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is
      the same either at a given time, or for a certain period
      (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line. [Written
      also {isobare}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isobaric \I`so*bar"ic\, a. (Phys. Geog.)
      Denoting equal pressure; as, an isobaric line; specifically,
      of or pertaining to isobars.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isobarometric \I`so*bar`o*met"ric\, a. [Iso + barometric.]
      (Phys. Geog.)
      Indicating equal barometric pressure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isopiestic \I`so*pi*es"tic\, a. [Iso- + Gr. [?] to press.]
      (Thermodynamics)
      Having equal pressure.
  
      {Isopiestic lines}, lines showing, in a diagram, the
            relations of temperature and volume, when the elastic
            force is constant; -- called also {isobars}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isobront \I"so*bront\ ([imac]"s[osl]*br[ocr]nt), n. [Iso- + Gr.
      bronth` thunder.] (Meteor.)
      An imaginary line, or a line on a chart, marking the
      simultaneous development of a thunderstorm, as noted by
      observing the time when the thunder is heard at different
      places.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isoperimetrical \I`so*per`i*met"ric*al\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] equal
      + [?] circumference: cf. F. isop[82]rim[8a]tre. See
      {Perimeter}.] (Geom.)
      Having equal perimeters of circumferences; as,
      isoperimetrical figures or bodies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isoperimetry \I`so*per*im"e*try\, n. (Geom.)
      The science of figures having equal perimeters or boundaries.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isoprene \I"so*prene\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Chem.)
      An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation
      of caoutchouc or guttaipercha.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   IC Prolog II
  
      {Imperial College} Prolog.   A {Prolog} with
      {multi-threading}, {TCP} primitives for {interprocess
      communication}, {mailboxes}, and an interface to {Parlog}.
  
      {(ftp://doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/programming/languages)}.
  
      ["IC Prolog II: A Language for Implementing Multi-Agent
      Systems", Y. Cosmadopoulos et al, in Tutorial and Workshop on
      Cooperating Knowledge Based Systems, Keele U 1992].
  
      (1994-11-01)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   icebreaker
  
      A program designed for cracking security on
      a system.
  
      See also: {ICE}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (2000-03-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   IC-Prolog
  
      Clark & McCabe, Imperial College 1979.   Logic language with
      coroutining.
  
      ["IC-Prolog Language Features", K.L. Clark
      et al in Logic Programming, K.L. Clark et al eds, pp.253-266,
      Academic Press 1982].
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Ije-abarim
      ruins of Abarim, the forty-seventh station of the Israelites in
      the wilderness, "in the border of Moab" (Num. 33:44).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Ije-abarim, heaps of Hebrews, or of passers over
  
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