English Words: I

17,902 words · Page 10 of 359

ice queennoun

A beautiful but heartless woman.

ice saintsnoun

The saints Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren, Mamertus of Vienne and/or Boniface of Tarsus, and sometimes Sophia of Rome, whose feast days are on May 11th though 15th.

ice scramblenoun

ice scramble (Filipino shaved ice dessert with banana extract, sugar, evaporated milk or condensed milk, topped with a variety of ingredients)

ice shelfnoun

A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only.

ice shovenoun

A phenomenon which occurs at the interface of land and water, when partially frozen-over bodies of water with broken ice encounter a constant wind that blows onto shore, blowing the pieces of ice onto shore, which pile up and drive further inland, potentially crushing shoreside buildings or pushing them off their foundations.

ice stupanoun

A rough cone of ice created by spraying piped water into the air in freezing conditions, used to store water in a form that allows gradual release over an extended time.

ice swimmernoun

one who participates in ice swimming

ice swimmingnoun

The practice of swimming in a gap or hole in the ice of an iced-over body of water.

ICE tablenoun

A table used for keeping track of the amount of each substance as a chemical or physical change reaches equilibrium, used for setting up an equation to solve for the equilibrium state of the substances or for the equilibrium constant.

ice tsunaminoun

Synonym of ice shove.

ice upverb

To become covered or clogged with ice.

ice wagonnoun

A wagon used for carrying ice.

ice waternoun

Cold water for drinking, either chilled in ice, or with the addition of ice cubes.

ice wellnoun

A well (hole in the ground) in which ice was stored in the era of the ice trade and iceboxes (18th to mid-20th centuries); often with some degree of construction over it, similar to that used with icehouses, root cellars, and springhouses.

ice winenoun

A sweet dessert wine made from grapes that are harvested after they have naturally frozen on the vine.

ice-calmadj

Extremely calm

ice-coldadj

Very cold.

ice-cream parlournoun

Alternative form of ice cream parlor.

ice-cream trucknoun

Alternative form of ice cream truck.

ice-cream vannoun

Alternative form of ice cream van.

ice-creamyadj

Resembling ice cream or some aspect of it.

ice-cube traynoun

Alternative form of ice cube tray.

ice-dammedadj

Obstructed or held back by ice.

ice-freeadj

Free of all ice; not covered in ice.

ice-heartedadj

Lacking compassion; cold and unfeeling.

ice-housenoun

Alternative spelling of icehouse.

ice-jackverb

To freeze underneath an element or between two elements and jacking up the overlaying element, thereby separating it from its underlayment

ice-minusnoun

A genetically modified bacterium created from Pseudomona syringae that inhibits the formation of ice crystals, thereby making some crops more frost tolerant.

ice-outnoun

The annual thawing of winter ice on a body of water.

ice-sawnoun

A large saw for cutting through ice to free ships, etc.

ice-skateverb

to skate on ice, wearing ice skates.

iceanenoun

A saturated hydrocarbon variant of adamantane, its structure resembling a cage formed by three fused boat cyclohexanes.

iceballnoun

A ball of ice.

icebeltnoun

A belt of ice forming round the shores in Arctic regions.

icebergnoun

The seaward end of a glacier.

iceberg basementnoun

An extensive luxurious basement added to a home to avoid the difficulties of building an extension above ground.

iceberg lettucenoun

A lettuce cultivar (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) noted for its crunchiness; the most familiar of all lettuces sold in the United States.

iceberg theorynoun

A minimalist literary approach used by Ernest Hemingway, according to which the writer should omit as much as possible, leaving the reader to infer it.

iceberg videonoun

A video posted online that gradually drills down into the more esoteric and bizarre aspects of a topic.

iceberglikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of an iceberg.

icebergyadj

Resembling or characteristic of an iceberg.

icebirdnoun

Any seabird, such as the northern fulmar, that lives in icy regions.

iceblinknoun

A glare in the sky caused by reflection of light from an ice field.

iceblocknoun

A block of ice.

iceboardnoun

The equipment used in the sport of iceboarding, a board (deck) with four blades attached to skateboard trucks and used the same manner as a skateboard. Larger versions with an attached sail to the middle are used for propulsion along the large area ice's surface, also call ice windsurfing.

iceboardernoun

A person who iceboards.

iceboardingnoun

the winter sport of riding an iceboard

iceboatnoun

An ice yacht.

iceboaternoun

Someone who travels by iceboat.

iceboatingnoun

The act of travelling in a iceboat.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter I contains 17,902 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 359 pages, and you are currently viewing page 10. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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