<B>ice milk,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a frozen dessert resembling ice cream, but with less butterfat content and of a softer consistency. </DL>
<A NAME="iceminus">
<B>ice-minus, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or designating a strain of bacteria developed by genetic engineering to resist the effect of ice formation on plants. <BR> <I>Ex. The researchers believe that spraying this ice-minus bacteria on plants ... will prevent the growth of the normal bacteria which do catalyze frost formation, and thereby minimize frost damage to crops (Thomas H. Maugh II).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="iceneedle">
<B>ice needle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a slender bit of ice floating in the air in cold weather; ice crystal. </DL>
<A NAME="iceni">
<B>Iceni, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> an ancient British tribe of eastern England. Their queen, Boadicea, led a revolt against the Romans in A.D. 61. </DL>
<A NAME="icenian">
<B>Icenian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with Iceni. </DL>
<A NAME="icenic">
<B>Icenic, </B>adjective. <B>=Icenian.</B></DL>
<A NAME="iceout">
<B>ice-out, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the melting of the ice on the surface of a body of water. </DL>
<A NAME="icepack">
<B>ice pack,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large area of floating ice, consisting of separate masses more or less packed together. <BR> <I>Ex. The Atka saw very little of the drifting ice pack that surrounds the continent (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a bag containing ice for application to the body. </DL>
<A NAME="icepan">
<B>ice pan,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small sheet or slab of floating ice. <BR> <I>Ex. For five months this little group survived the most harrowing hardships on the drifting ice pans (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icepick">
<B>ice pick,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sharp-pointed hand tool for breaking up ice. </DL>
<A NAME="iceplant">
<B>ice plant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a low, spreading plant of the carpetweed family, native to the Mediterranean region, South Africa, and southern California, having leaves covered with glistening watery spots. <DD><B> 2. </B>a place where artificial ice is made. </DL>
<A NAME="icepoint">
<B>ice point,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the temperature at which water and ice are in equilibrium at atmospheric pressure; freezing point. </DL>
<A NAME="icequake">
<B>icequake, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the rending and crashing preceding or accompanying the breaking up of great masses of ice. </DL>
<A NAME="icerain">
<B>ice rain,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>half-frozen rain. <DD><B> 2. </B>rain that freezes on the ground after it falls. </DL>
<A NAME="icescape">
<B>icescape, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a landscape consisting of ice, especially the polar landscape. <BR> <I>Ex. The whole icescape was awash with light (Sunday Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icescouring">
<B>ice-scouring, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the action of glacial ice on rock. </DL>
<A NAME="iceshanty">
<B>ice shanty,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hut that can be towed out onto the ice of a lake or bay and used by ice fishermen; ice house. </DL>
<A NAME="icesheet">
<B>ice sheet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a broad, thick sheet of ice covering a very large area for a long time. </DL>
<A NAME="iceshelf">
<B>ice shelf,</B> <B>=shelf ice.</B></DL>
<A NAME="iceshow">
<B>ice show,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a musical revue or extravaganza performed on ice by skaters. <BR> <I>Ex. In 1940 the first ice show was installed (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="iceskate">
<B>ice skate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a metal runner attached to a shoe for skating on ice. <DD><B> 2. </B>the shoe and runner together. </DL>
<A NAME="iceskate">
<B>ice-skate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-skated,</B> <B>-skating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to skate on ice. </DL>
<A NAME="iceskater">
<B>ice skater,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who ice-skates. </DL>
<A NAME="icestorm">
<B>ice storm,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fall of freezing rain, forming a coating of ice on the objects or surfaces that it strikes. It is often heavy enough to break trees and bring down electrical wires. </DL>
<A NAME="icetray">
<B>ice tray,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a metal or plastic tray for freezing ice cubes in a refrigerator or freezer. </DL>
<A NAME="iceup">
<B>ice-up, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the freezing over of snow or water. <BR> <I>Ex. In southern France snow had stopped falling in most areas, but the low temperatures were bringing about an ice-up (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icewater">
<B>ice water,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>water cooled with ice. <BR> <I>Ex. a glass of ice water.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>water from melted ice. <BR> <I>Ex. Ice water was all over the top of the melting lake.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="iceyacht">
<B>ice yacht,</B> <B>=iceboat </B>(def. 1).</DL>
<A NAME="iceyachting">
<B>ice yachting,</B> <B>=iceboating.</B></DL>
<A NAME="icftu">
<B>ICFTU</B> (no periods) or <B>I.C.F.T.U.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. </DL>
<A NAME="ichdien">
<B>ich dien,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (German.) I serve (the motto of the Prince of Wales). </DL>
<A NAME="iching">
<B>I Ching,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a Chinese classical book of the Confucian age, consisting of a system of symbols and texts for use in fortunetelling. <DD><B> 2. </B>the system of this book. <BR> <I>Ex. The ... I Ching is, for Cage as for the Chinese sages, a divinatory or intuitive technique (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ichneumon">
<B>ichneumon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mongoose, especially a large, gray, African variety that looks like a weasel. The ichneumon was formerly revered by the Egyptians. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=ichneumon fly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ichneumonfly">
<B>ichneumon fly,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a four-winged insect, related to bees and wasps, that does not sting. Its larvae live as parasites in or on caterpillars, other insects, and spiders, usually killing them. </DL>
<A NAME="ichneumonid">
<B>ichneumonid, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to the group of insects that includes the ichneumon fly. <DD><I>noun </I> an ichneumonid insect. </DL>
<A NAME="ichnographic">
<B>ichnographic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with ichnography. </DL>
<A NAME="ichnography">
<B>ichnography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the drawing of ground plans of a building. <DD><B> 2. </B>a ground plan; map. </DL>
<A NAME="ichnolite">
<B>ichnolite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a footprint preserved in rock; fossil footprint. </DL>
<A NAME="ichnology">
<B>ichnology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of paleontology that deals with fossil footprints. </DL>
<A NAME="ichor">
<B>ichor</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) the fluid supposed to flow like blood in the veins of the gods. <BR> <I>Ex. The ichor conducive to the contemplation of art was there, too (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ichor">
<B>ichor</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) an acrid watery discharge, especially from ulcers and wounds. </DL>
<A NAME="ichorous">
<B>ichorous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) like ichor; containing or discharging ichor. </DL>
<A NAME="ichth">
<B>ichth.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> ichthyology. </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyic">
<B>ichthyic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or characteristic of fishes; piscine. </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyography">
<B>ichthyography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the description of fishes. </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyoid">
<B>ichthyoid, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a fishlike animal. <DD><I>adj. </I> like a fish. </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyologic">
<B>ichthyologic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with ichthyology. </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyology">
<B>ichthyology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the branch of zoology dealing with fishes. <DD><B> 2. </B>a book about fishes. noun <B>ichthyologist.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyophagi">
<B>ichthyophagi, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> people who eat or live on fish. <BR> <I>Ex. They are still ichthyophagi, existing without any other subsistence but what the sea affords (Richard F. Burton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyophagous">
<B>ichthyophagous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> feeding on fish; fish-eating. </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyoplankton">
<B>ichthyoplankton, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the small fish that float or drift in water. </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyornis">
<B>ichthyornis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ornithes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any bird of an extinct genus with vertebrae resembling those of fishes. Their fossils have been found in Texas and Kansas. <BR> <I>Ex. Ichthyornis was a smaller flying type somewhat resembling modern birds (Tracy I. Storer).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyosaur">
<B>ichthyosaur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any extinct fishlike marine reptile of an order with a long beak, four paddlelike flippers, a tapering body resembling a dolphin or small whale, and a tail with a large fin. <BR> <I>Ex. On the land were the dinosaurs, in the sea the ichthyosaurs (looking like porpoises or sharks) (A. Franklin Shull).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyosaurian">
<B>ichthyosaurian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to the group of extinct fishlike reptiles that include the ichthyosaur. <DD><I>noun </I> an ichthyosaurian reptile. </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyosaurus">
<B>ichthyosaurus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sauri.</B> <B>=ichthyosaur.</B></DL>
<A NAME="ichthyosis">
<B>ichthyosis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several diseases in which the skin becomes dry, rough, and scaly; fishskin disease. <BR> <I>Ex. Common to all the ichthyoses ... is increased production of epidermal cells (J. T. Kalivas and T. B. Fitzpatrick).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ichthyostegalian">
<B>ichthyostegalian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a group of extinct vertebrates that are the most primitive amphibians known, having tails supported by fin rays and feet instead of fins. <DD><I>noun </I> an ichthyostegalian vertebrate. </DL>
<A NAME="ici">
<B>ICI</B> (no periods) or <B>I.C.I.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) Imperial Chemical Industries. </DL>
<A NAME="icicle">
<B>icicle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a pointed, hanging stick of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water. <BR> <I>Ex. In winter icicles hung from the edge of the roof as the sun melted the snow.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>anything resembling this, such as tinsel for trimming a Christmas tree. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) a cold or unemotional person. </DL>
<A NAME="icicled">
<B>icicled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> hung with icicles. </DL>
<A NAME="icily">
<B>icily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an icy manner; coldly. <BR> <I>Ex. The wind blew icily against our backs.</I> </DL>
