IC [,ī-'sē] -n

  1. immediate constituent
  2. integrated circuit

ICA -abbr

  1. International Cooperative Alliance

ICAO -abbr

  1. International Civil Aviation Organization

Ic·a·rus ['i-kə-rəs] -n, adj

  1. the son of Daedalus who to escape imprisonment flies by means of artificial wings but falls into the sea and drowns when the wax of his wings melts as he flies too near the sun

ICBM [,ī-,sē-(,)bē-'em] -n

  1. an intercontinental ballistic missile

ICC -abbr

  1. International Chamber of Commerce
  2. Interstate Commerce Commission

ice ['īs] -n, adj

  1. frozen water
  2. a sheet or stretch of ice
  3. a substance resembling ice
  4. the solid state of a substance usu. found as a gas or liquid
    • ammonia ice in the rings of Saturn
  5. a state of coldness (as from formality or reserve)
  6. a frozen dessert containing a flavoring (as fruit juice)
  7. one containing no milk or cream
  8. a serving of ice cream
  9. diamonds
  10. jewelry
  11. an undercover premium paid to a theater employee for choice theater tickets
  12. methamphetamine in the form of crystals of its hydrochloride salt C 10H 15NHCI when used illicitly for smoking called also crystal crystal meth
  13. to coat with or convert into ice
  14. to chill with ice
  15. to supply with ice
  16. to cover with or as if with icing
  17. to put on ice
  18. secure
    • made two free throws...to ice the win -- Jack McCallum
  19. to shoot (an ice hockey puck) the length of the rink and beyond the opponents' goal line
  20. kill
  21. to become ice-cold
  22. to become covered with ice often used with up or over
  23. to have ice form inside

Ice -abbr

  1. Iceland

ICE -abbr

  1. internal combustion engine
  2. International Cultural Exchange

ice age -n

  1. a time of widespread glaciation
  2. the Pleistocene glacial epoch

ice ax -n

  1. a combination pick and adze with a spiked handle that is used in mountain climbing

ice bag -n

  1. a waterproof bag to hold ice for local application of cold to the body

ice·berg ['īs-,bərg] -n

  1. a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
  2. an emotionally cold person
  3. iceberg lettuce

iceberg lettuce -n

  1. any of various crisp light green lettuces that when mature have the leaves arranged in a compact head

ice·blink [-,bliŋk] -n

  1. a glare in the sky over an ice field

ice·boat [-,bōt] -n

  1. a skeleton boat or frame on runners propelled on ice usu. by sails

ice·boat·ing [-,bō-tiŋ] -n

  1. the sport of sailing in iceboats

ice·bound [-,bau̇nd] -adj

  1. surrounded, obstructed, or covered by ice

ice·box [-,bäks] -n

  1. refrigerator

ice·break·er [-,brā-kər] -n

  1. a ship equipped (as with a reinforced bow) to make and maintain a channel through ice
  2. something that breaks the ice on a project or occasion
  3. mixer

ice cap -n

  1. an ice bag shaped to the head
  2. a cover of perennial ice and snow
  3. a glacier forming on an extensive area of relatively level land and flowing outward from its center

icecold ['īs-'kōld] -adj

  1. extremely cold

icecream -adj

  1. of a color similar to that of vanilla ice cream

ice cream [,īs-'krēm, 'īs-,] -n

  1. a sweet flavored frozen food containing cream or butterfat and usu. eggs

icecream chair -n

  1. a small armless chair with a circular seat for use at a table (as at a cafe)

icecream cone -n

  1. a thin crisp edible cone for holding ice cream
  2. one filled with ice cream

icecream headache -n

  1. brain freeze

ice dancing -n

  1. a sport in which ice-skating pairs perform to music routines similar to ballroom dances

ice·fall ['īs-,fȯl] -n

  1. a frozen waterfall
  2. the mass of usu. jagged blocks into which a glacier may break when it moves down a steep declivity

ice field -n

  1. an extensive sheet of sea ice
  2. ice cap

ice floe -n

  1. a usu. large flat free mass of floating sea ice

ice fog -n

  1. a fog composed of ice particles

ice hockey -n

  1. a game played on an ice rink by two teams of six players on skates whose object is to drive a puck into the opponents' goal with a hockey stick

ice·house ['īs-,hau̇s, 'ī-,sau̇s] -n

  1. a building in which ice is made or stored

Ice·lan·dic [īs-'lan-dik] -adj

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Iceland, the Icelanders, or Icelandic

Icelandic -n

  1. the North Germanic language of Iceland

Ice·land moss ['īs-lən(d)-, -,lan(d)-] -n

  1. a lichen ( Cetraria islandica) of mountainous and arctic regions sometimes used in medicine or as food

Iceland poppy -n

  1. a poppy ( Papaver nudicaule) of holarctic regions often cultivated for its usu. single showy flowers

Iceland spar -n

  1. a birefringent transparent colorless variety of calcite

ice·man ['īs-,man] -n

  1. a man skilled in traveling on ice
  2. one who sells or delivers ice

ice milk -n

  1. a sweetened frozen food made of skim milk

Ice·ni [ī-'sē-,nī] -n pl, adj

  1. an ancient British people that under their queen Boudicca revolted against the Romans in a.d.60

iceout ['īs-,au̇t] -n

  1. the disappearance of ice from the surface of a body of water (as a lake) as a result of thawing

ice pack -n

  1. an expanse of pack ice

ice pick -n

  1. a hand tool ending in a spike for chipping ice

ice plant -n

  1. any of various usu. succulent herbs (as of the genera Carpobrotus, Delosperma,and Mesembryanthemum) of the carpetweed family used esp. as bedding plants or ground covers or for erosion control

ice point -n

  1. the freezing point of water of 0 Celsius or 273.15 kelvins at standard atmospheric pressure

ice sheet -n

  1. ice cap

ice show -n

  1. an entertainment consisting of various exhibitions by ice-skaters usu. with musical accompaniment

iceskate ['ī(s)-,skāt] -vi, n

  1. to skate on ice

ice skate -n

  1. a shoe with a metal runner attached for ice-skating

ice storm -n

  1. a storm in which falling rain freezes on contact

ice water -n

  1. chilled or iced water esp. served as a beverage

ice wine -n

  1. eiswein

ICF -abbr

  1. intermediate care facility

ICFTU -abbr

  1. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

ich·neu·mon [ik-'nü-mən, -'nyü-] -n

  1. a mongoose ( Herpestes ichneumon) of Africa, southern Europe, and southwestern Asia
  2. ichneumon wasp

ichneumon wasp -n

  1. any of a large superfamily (Ichneumonoidea) of hymenopterous insects whose larvae are usu. internal parasites of other insect larvae and esp. of caterpillars called also ichneumon fly

ichor ['ī-,kȯr, -kər] -n, adj

  1. a thin watery or blood-tinged discharge
  2. an ethereal fluid taking the place of blood in the veins of the ancient Greek gods

ichthy- -comb form

  1. fish
    • ichthy ology

ich·thyo·fau·na [,ik-thē-ō-'fȯ-nə, -'fä-] -n, adj

  1. the fish life of a region

ich·thy·ol·o·gy [,ik-thē-'ä-lə-jē] -n, adj, adv

  1. a branch of zoology that deals with fishes

ich·thy·oph·a·gous [,ik-thē-'ä-fə-gəs] -adj

  1. eating or subsisting on fish

ich·thyo·saur ['ik-thē-ə-,sȯr] -n, adj or n

  1. any of an order (Ichthyosauria) of extinct marine reptiles of the Mesozoic specialized for aquatic life by a streamlined body with a long snout, limbs reduced to small fins for steering, and a large lunate caudal fin

ici·cle ['ī-,si-kəl] -n

  1. a pendent mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
  2. an emotionally cold person
  3. a long narrow strip (as of foil) used to decorate a Christmas tree

ic·ing ['ī-siŋ] -n

  1. a sweet flavored usu. creamy mixture used to coat baked goods (as cupcakes) called also frosting
  2. something that adds to the interest, value, or appeal of an item or event often used in the phrase icing on the cake

icing -n

  1. an illegal act by an ice-hockey player of shooting a puck from within the defensive zone or defensive half of the rink beyond the opponents' goal line but not into the goal

ICJ -abbr

  1. International Court of Justice

icky ['i-kē] -adj, n

  1. offensive to the senses or sensibilities : distasteful
    • put off by her icky triteness -- Renata Adler

icon ['ī-,kän] -n, adj, adv

  1. a usu. pictorial representation : image
  2. a conventional religious image typically painted on a small wooden panel and used in the devotions of Eastern Christians
  3. an object of uncritical devotion : idol
  4. emblem, symbol
    • the house became an icon of 1960's residential architecture -- Paul Goldberger
  5. a sign (as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaning
  6. a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that usu. suggests the type of object represented or the purpose of an available function

icon- -comb form

  1. image
    • icono latry

ico·nic·i·ty [,ī-kə-'ni-sə-tē] -n

  1. correspondence between form and meaning
    • the iconicity of the Roman numeral III

icon·o·clasm [ī-'kä-nə-,kla-zəm] -n

  1. the doctrine, practice, or attitude of an iconoclast

icon·o·clast [-,klast] -n, adj, adv

  1. a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration
  2. a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions

ico·nog·ra·pher [,ī-kə-'nä-grə-fər] -n

  1. a maker of figures or drawings esp. of a conventional type
  2. a student of iconography

icon·o·graph·ic [(,)ī-,kä-nə-'gra-fik] -adj, adv

  1. of or relating to iconography
  2. representing something by pictures or diagrams

ico·nog·ra·phy [,ī-kə-'nä-grə-fē] -n

  1. pictorial material relating to or illustrating a subject
  2. the traditional or conventional images or symbols associated with a subject and esp. a religious or legendary subject
  3. the imagery or symbolism of a work of art, an artist, or a body of art
  4. iconology

ico·nol·a·try [-'nä-lə-trē] -n

  1. the worship of images or icons

ico·nol·o·gy [-'nä-lə-jē] -n, adj

  1. the study of icons or artistic symbolism

icon·o·scope [ī-'kä-nə-,skōp] -n

  1. a camera tube containing an electron gun and a photoemissive mosaic screen of which each cell produces a charge proportional to the varying light intensity of the image focused on the screen

ico·nos·ta·sis [,ī-kə-'näs-tə-səs, (,)ī-'kä-nə-,stä-səs] -n

  1. a screen or partition with doors and tiers of icons that separates the bema from the nave in Eastern churches

ico·sa·he·dral [(,)ī-,kō-sə-'hē-drəl, -,kä-] -adj

  1. of or having the form of an icosahedron

ico·sa·he·dron [-drən] -n

  1. a polyhedron having 20 faces

ICRC -abbr

  1. International Committee of the Red Cross

ic·ter·ic [ik-'ter-ik] -adj

  1. of, relating to, or affected with jaundice

ic·ter·us ['ik-tə-rəs] -n

  1. jaundice

ic·tus ['ik-təs] -n

  1. the recurring stress or beat in a rhythmic or metrical series of sounds

ICU -abbr

  1. intensive care unit

icy ['ī-sē] -adj, adv, n

  1. covered with, abounding in, or consisting of ice
  2. intensely cold
  3. characterized by coldness : frigid
    • an icy stare
  4. steely
    • icy nerves