Icicle: alternatives and connections

In a dripping state; as, leaves all adrip.

Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at th…

A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinaril…

A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.

Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.

Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a c…

The top of a thing; the head; a crest.

A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the…

An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connecte…

To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.

To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen se…

One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.

a mixture of substances (usually salt and ice) to obtain a temperature below the freezing point of water

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

The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose.

Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.

Act of freezing.