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Ice

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? C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.

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Broader term 11

Chill 76% connected

A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.

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Cool 76% connected

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Crystal 76% connected

The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces…

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Diamond 76% connected

A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.

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Freeze 76% connected

A frieze.

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Rink 76% connected

The smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling.

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Speed 76% connected

Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.

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Topping 76% connected

of Top

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Upper 76% connected

Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a…

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Frost 76% connected

The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.

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Hailstone 76% connected

A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

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Hoar 76% connected

White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.

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Hoarfrost 76% connected

The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost.

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Icefall 76% connected

A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall.

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Icicle 76% connected

A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house.

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Neve 76% connected

The upper part of a glacier, above the limit or perpetual snow. See Galcier.

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Outboard 76% connected

Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rig…

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Rime 76% connected

A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.

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Sorbet 76% connected

A kind of beverage; sherbet.

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Water ice 76% connected

Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.

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Icing 74% connected

of Ice

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Icing 74% connected

of Ice

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Component part 2

Block 70% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Poppet 70% connected

See Puppet.

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Containing substance 1

Glacier 70% connected

An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over…

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Substance part 1

Water 70% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

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Synonym 10

Chalk 92% connected

A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common l…

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Crank 92% connected

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also…

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Frost 92% connected

The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.

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Frosting 92% connected

of Frost

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Glass 92% connected

A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or…

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Icing 92% connected

of Ice

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Meth 92% connected

See Meathe.

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Sparkler 92% connected

One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person.

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Trash 92% connected

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

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Water ice 92% connected

Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.

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