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winter sports

(Encyclopedia)winter sports: see bobsledding; curling; hockey, ice; ice dancing; ice skating; skiing; snowshoes; tobogganing. ...

dry ice

(Encyclopedia)dry ice: see carbon dioxide.

Ice Age

(Encyclopedia)Ice Age: see Pleistocene epoch.

ice cream

(Encyclopedia)ice cream, sweet frozen dessert, made from milk fat and solids, sugar, flavoring, a stabilizer (usually gelatin), and sometimes eggs, fruits, or nuts. The mix is churned at freezing temperature to att...

Ice Cube

(Encyclopedia) Ice Cube : see Rap music.

ice dancing

(Encyclopedia)ice dancing, ice-skating competition in which couples are required to perform dance routines to music. The sport gained popularity in the 1930s and the first world championships were held in 1950. Ice...

Ice Fjord

(Encyclopedia)Ice Fjord, Spitsbergen: see Isfjorden. ...

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...

Béliveau, Jean Arthur

(Encyclopedia)Béliveau, Jean Arthur, 1931–2014, Canadian ice hockey player, b. Trois-Rivières, Québec. He joined the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League in 1953, playing for 18 seasons and becomin...

World Cup

(Encyclopedia)World Cup: see baseball; hockey, ice; rugby; soccer. ...