English words starting with ic

Meanings of Ic:

suffix

Forming adjectives such as islamic, terrific.

abbreviation

Integrated circuit.

Meanings of Icarian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of icarus, especially in being excessively ambitious.

Usage examples:

An icarian mentality that could only lead to a crash and burn

Meanings of Icarus:

proper noun

The son of daedalus, who escaped from crete using wings made by his father but was killed when he flew too near the sun and the wax attaching his wings melted.

Meanings of Icbm:

abbreviation

Intercontinental ballistic missile.

noun

Abbreviation for intercontinental ballistic missile: a flying bomb that can travel a long distance

Meanings of Ice:

noun

Frozen water, a brittle transparent crystalline solid.

Usage examples:

She scraped the ice off the windscreen

verb

Decorate (a cake or biscuit) with icing.

Usage examples:

If they can't wait long enough to ice fairy cakes, have some extra that can be eaten immediately.

suffix

Forming nouns such as service, police, and abstract nouns such as avarice, justice.

abbreviation

(in the us) immigration and customs enforcement.

Meanings of Ice pick:

noun

Pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point

Meanings of Ice-cold:

adjective

Extremely cold

Usage examples:

The water off the coast here is always ice-cold.

Meanings of Iceberg:

noun

A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea.

Usage examples:

The environment in the antarctic is magnificent with glaciers, icebergs and ice floes on a scale wh…

Meanings of Icebergs:

noun

A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea.

Usage examples:

The environment in the antarctic is magnificent with glaciers, icebergs and ice floes on a scale wh…

Meanings of Iceblink:

noun

A bright appearance of the sky caused by reflection from a distant ice sheet.

Usage examples:

We were in 24 hours of daylight now, but fog and iceblinks obscured our vision much of the time.

Meanings of Iceboats:

noun

A light, wind-driven vehicle with sails and runners, used for travelling on ice.

Usage examples:

Modern iceboats have been reported to reach 90 miles per hour, but in 1938 an official speed record…

Meanings of Icebound:

adjective

Completely surrounded or covered by ice.

Usage examples:

The lake was ice-bound

Meanings of Icebox:

noun

A chilled box or cupboard for keeping something cold, especially food.

Usage examples:

The cupboards all matched, unlike toni and carina's mismatched, random cupboards and iceboxes.

Meanings of Iceboxes:

noun

A chilled box or cupboard for keeping something cold, especially food.

Usage examples:

The cupboards all matched, unlike toni and carina's mismatched, random cupboards and iceboxes.

Meanings of Icebreaker:

noun

A ship designed for breaking a channel through ice.

Usage examples:

Later this month he will fly to uruguay, and from there catch an ice-breaker ship to the base.

Meanings of Icebreakers:

noun

A ship designed for breaking a channel through ice.

Usage examples:

Later this month he will fly to uruguay, and from there catch an ice-breaker ship to the base.

Meanings of Icecap:

noun

A covering of ice over a large area, especially on the polar region of a planet.

Usage examples:

The greenland ice cap

Meanings of Iced:

adjective

(of a drink or other liquid) cooled in or containing pieces of ice.

Usage examples:

Jugs of iced water

verb

Decorate (a cake or biscuit) with icing.

Meanings of Iced-over:

phrasal verb

If an area of water ices over, it becomes covered with a layer of ice

Usage examples:

The lake has iced over.

Meanings of Iced-up:

phrasal verb

To become covered in ice and often stop working

Usage examples:

The plane was delayed because the engine had iced up.

Meanings of Icefall:

noun

A steep part of a glacier like a frozen waterfall.

Usage examples:

The glaciers, the icefalls, the three summits - we can see none of it.

Meanings of Icefalls:

noun

A steep part of a glacier like a frozen waterfall.

Usage examples:

The glaciers, the icefalls, the three summits - we can see none of it.

Meanings of Icefishes:

noun

A scaleless antarctic fish of pallid appearance with spiny gill covers and a snout shaped like a duck's bill.

Usage examples:

Changes to certain residues in ß-tubulin have been suggested to confer cold stability on the mts of…

verb

Another term for capelin.

Meanings of Icehouse:

noun

A building for storing ice, typically one situated partly or wholly underground.

Usage examples:

Instead, his dull eyes flicked disinterestedly from ice house to ice house, noting the plume of smo…

Meanings of Icehouses:

noun

A building for storing ice, typically one situated partly or wholly underground.

Usage examples:

Instead, his dull eyes flicked disinterestedly from ice house to ice house, noting the plume of smo…