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ichthyosis
  • n  any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish
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icicle
  • n  ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
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icicle plant
  • n  Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice
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iciness
  • n  coldness due to a cold environment
  • n  a lack of affection or enthusiasm
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icing
  • n  the formation of frost or ice on a surface
  • n  a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
  • n  (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
  • v  decorate with frosting
  • v  cause to become ice or icy
  • v  put ice on or put on ice
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icing the puck
  • n  (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
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icon
  • n  (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
  • n  a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
  • n  a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
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iconoclast
  • n  a destroyer of images used in religious worship
  • n  someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
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iconography
  • n  the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject
    religious iconography
    the propagandistic iconography of a despot
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iconology
  • n  the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms)
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iconoscope
  • n  the first practical television-camera for picture pickup; invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin
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