parasitic jaeger arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus | a variety of jaeger |
white wolf Arctic wolf Canis lupus tundrarum | wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail |
Arctic fox white fox Alopex lagopus | thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions, brownish in summer and white in winter |
polar hare Arctic hare Lepus arcticus | a large hare of northern North America, it is almost completely white in winter |
Arctic ground squirrel parka squirrel Citellus parryi | large ground squirrel of the North American far north |
char charr | any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus |
Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus | small trout of northern waters, landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England |
arctic galosh golosh rubber gumshoe | a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow |
Arctic Arctic Zone North Frigid Zone | the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole |
Arctic Circle | a line of latitude near but to the south of the north pole, it marks the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice and the southernmost point at which the midnight sun can be seen on the northern summer solstice |
Gates of the Arctic National Park | a large national park in Alaska featuring the Great Mendenhall Glacier |
Arctic Archipelago | all the islands that lie to the north of mainland Canada and the Arctic Circle |
Arctic Ocean | ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole, mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs |
charwoman char cleaning woman cleaning lady woman | a human female employed to do housework, the char will clean the carpet, I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write |
Alpine mouse-ear Arctic mouse-ear Cerastium alpinum | widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe |
Iceland poppy arctic poppy Papaver nudicaule | subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers |
arctic willow Salix arctica | low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America |
reindeer moss reindeer lichen arctic moss Cladonia rangiferina | an erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans |
bone black bone char animal black animal charcoal | black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone, used as a black pigment |
char | a charred substance |
char blacken sear scorch | burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color, The cook blackened the chicken breast, The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece, the flames scorched the ceiling |
char coal | burn to charcoal, Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything |
arctic frigid gelid glacial icy polar | extremely cold, an arctic climate, a frigid day, gelid waters of the North Atlantic, glacial winds, icy hands, polar weather |
north-polar Arctic | of or relating to the Arctic, the Arctic summer |