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(Encyclopedia)Ice Fjord, Spitsbergen: see Isfjorden. ...ice hockey
(Encyclopedia)ice hockey: see hockey, ice.ice plant
(Encyclopedia)ice plant, low, fleshy plant (Cryophytum crystalinum) of warm, dry, barren regions. It is cultivated chiefly as a curiosity because of its leaves, densely coated with small, glistening, bladder-shaped...ice skating
(Encyclopedia)ice skating, gliding along an ice surface on keellike runners known as ice skates. The earliest skates (c.9th cent.), made of bone, were found in Sweden. Wooden skates with iron facings appeared in ...dry ice
(Encyclopedia)dry ice: see carbon dioxide.mental age
(Encyclopedia)mental age: see intelligence.Golden Age
(Encyclopedia)Golden Age, in classical mythology: see mythology. ...Gilded Age
(Encyclopedia)Gilded Age, a term used to describe a period in United States history—from roughly 1870 to 1900—when the wealthy elite consisted of industrialists w...Iron Age
(Encyclopedia)Iron Age, period in the development of industry that begins with the general use of iron and continues into modern times. In Asia, Egypt, and Europe it was preceded by the Bronze Age. It did not begin...Copper Age
(Encyclopedia)Copper Age: see Bronze Age.Browse by Subject
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