Vocabulary : Iceland moss to Ichneumonidan

Iceland moss : A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.
Iceland spar : A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite.
Icelander : A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.
Icelandic : Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders. ;; The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken.
Iceman : A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers. ;; One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.

Icemen : of Iceman
Icequake : The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.
Ich : I.
Ichneumon : Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra. ;; Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidae, of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.
Ichneumonidan : Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonidae, or ichneumon flies. ;; One of the Ichneumonidae.

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