arctic

Arctic
    adj 1: of or relating to the Arctic; "the Arctic summer" [syn:
           {north-polar}, {Arctic}]
    2: extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid
       waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands";
       "polar weather" [syn: {arctic}, {frigid}, {gelid}, {glacial},
       {icy}, {polar}]
    n 1: the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on
         the North Pole [syn: {Arctic}, {Arctic Zone}, {North Frigid
         Zone}]
    2: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
       [syn: {arctic}, {galosh}, {golosh}, {rubber}, {gumshoe}]
    

Arctic \Arc"tic\, n.
   1. The arctic circle.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A warm waterproof overshoe. [U.S.]
      [1913 Webster]
    

Arctic \Arc"tic\, a. [OE. artik, OF. artique, F. arctique, L.
   arcticus, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? a bear, also a northern
   constellation so called; akin to L. ursus bear, Skr. ?ksha.]
   Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation
   called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole,
   circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night,
   temperature.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The arctic circle is a lesser circle, parallel to the
         equator, 23[deg] 28' from the north pole. This and the
         antarctic circle are called the polar circles, and
         between these and the poles lie the frigid zones. See
         {Zone}.
         [1913 Webster]
    

Arctic

   <language, music> A {real-time} {functional language}, used
   for music synthesis.

   ["Arctic: A Functional Language for Real-Time Control",
   R.B. Dannenberg, Conf Record 1984 ACM Symp on LISP and
   Functional Prog, ACM].

   (1995-01-16)
    

151 Moby Thesaurus words for "arctic":
      Siberian, aestival, affectless, algid, anesthetized, antarctic,
      austral, autistic, autumn, autumnal, below zero, biting, bitter,
      bitterly cold, bleak, blunt, boreal, brisk, brumal, canicular,
      catatonic, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold as death,
      cold as ice, cold as marble, cold-blooded, coldhearted, cool,
      crisp, cutting, dispassionate, drugged, dull, east, eastbound,
      easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, emotionally dead,
      emotionless, equinoctial, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, frosted,
      frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, heartless, hibernal, hiemal,
      hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, immovable,
      impassible, impassive, inclement, inexcitable, insusceptible, keen,
      meridional, midsummer, midwinter, nipping, nippy, nonemotional,
      north, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern,
      northerly, northern, northernmost, northwest, northwesterly,
      northwestern, numbing, objective, obtuse, occidental, oriental,
      out of season, out of touch, passionless, penetrating, piercing,
      pinching, raw, rigorous, seasonal, self-absorbed, severe, sharp,
      sleety, slushy, snappy, solstitial, soulless, south, southbound,
      southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern,
      southernmost, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, spiritless,
      spring, springlike, stone-cold, subzero, summer, summerlike,
      summerly, summery, supercooled, unaffectionate, unemotional,
      unfeeling, unimpassioned, unimpressionable, unloving, unpassionate,
      unresponding, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic,
      untouchable, vernal, west, westbound, westerly, western,
      westernmost, winter, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry