Dry Ice

Dry ice is a genericized trademark for frozen carbon dioxide. The term was coined in 1925.

Dry ice at normal pressures does not melt into liquid carbon dioxide but rather sublimates directly into carbon dioxide gas. Hence it is called "dry ice" as opposed to normal "wet (water) ice".

It is used for:

cooling
producing "dry ice fog" for special effects: when dry ice is put into contact with water, the frozen carbon dioxide sublimates into a mixture of cold carbon dioxide gas and cold humid air. This causes condensation and a fog.
cleaning: shooting tiny dry ice pellets at a surface cools the dirt and causes it to pop off. This is analogous to sandblasting with the advantage that the abrasive agent in this case, dry ice, sublimates to nothing.

Dry ice is produced by compressing carbon dioxide gas to a liquid form, removing excess heat, and then letting the liquid carbon dioxide expand quickly. This expansion causes a drop in temperature so that some of the CO2 freezes to "snow" which is then compressed.

Synonyms within Context: Dry Ice

Commercial Usage: Dry Ice

Non-Fiction Usage: Dry Ice

Expression: Dry Ice

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dry Ice

Modern Translation: Dry Ice

Language		Translations for "dry ice"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		toeris (carbon dioxide ice, carbon dioxide snow, carbonic ice, carbonic snow, solid carbon dioxide). (various references)

Dutch		droogijs (carbon dioxide ice, carbon dioxide snow, carbonic ice, carbonic snow, solid carbon dioxide), droog ijs (carbon dioxide ice, carbon dioxide snow, carbonic ice, carbonic snow, solid carbon dioxide), koolzuursneeuw (carbon dioxide ice, carbon dioxide snow, carbonic ice, carbonic snow, solid carbon dioxide), koolzuurijs (carbon dioxide ice, carbon dioxide snow, carbonic ice, carbonic snow, solid carbon dioxide). (various references)

Finnish		hiilihappojää. (various references)

French		neige carbonique, glace sèche, glace carbonique, carboglace, acide carbonique gelé. (various references)

German		Trockeneis (carbon dioxide ice, carbon dioxide snow, carbonic ice, carbonic snow, solid carbon dioxide). (various references)

Italian		neve carbonica (carbon dioxide ice, carbon dioxide snow, carbonic ice, carbonic snow, solid carbon dioxide), ghiaccio secco (carbon dioxide ice, carbon dioxide snow, carbonic ice, carbonic snow, solid carbon dioxide), ghiaccio carbonico (carbon dioxide ice, carbon dioxide snow, carbonic ice, carbonic snow, solid carbon dioxide). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ドミノ理論 (car rental agency, de Morgan, domain, domestic, domestic science, domino theory, draft, draft beer, drag, drag bunt, drag race, dragging, dragon, drama, dramatic, dramatist, drastic, dried sausage, drive, drive in, drive serve, drive-in bank, drive-in restaurant, drive-in theater, driver, drive-through, driveway, driving, driving club, driving contest, drugstore, drum, drum machine, drum solo, drummer, drumming, drum-set, dry, dry cleaning, dry curry, dry cut, dry flower, dry gin, dry martini, dry milk, dry paint, dry shampoo, dry shaving, dry skin, dry suit, dryer, drypoint, longest drive contest, road map, screwdriver, trip by car). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ドライアイス . (various references)

Pig Latin		ydray iceay

Spanish		nieve carbónica (carbon dioxide ice, carbon dioxide snow, carbonic ice, carbonic snow, solid carbon dioxide), hielo seco (carbon dioxide ice, carbon dioxide snow, carbonic ice, carbonic snow, solid carbon dioxide), ácido carbónico sólido (carbon dioxide ice, carbon dioxide snow, carbonic ice, carbonic snow, solid carbon dioxide). (various references)

Turkish		donmuş karbondioksit. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Dry Ice

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-r-y"
	-1 letter: cider, cried, cyder, decry, dicer, dicey, riced.
	-2 letters: cedi, cire, dice, dire, dyer, iced, ired, rice, ride, yird.
	-3 letters: cry, dey, die, dry, dye, ice, icy, ire, rec, red, rei, rid, rye, yid.
	-4 letters: de, ed, er, id, re, ye.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-r-y"
	+1 letter: cindery.
	+2 letters: credibly, cylinder, decrying, directly, recodify.
	+3 letters: credulity, cylinders, decertify, descrying, directory, discovery, dyarchies, glyceride, hyperacid, lyricised, lyricized, predacity, reducibly, residency, stridency.
	+4 letters: acidimetry, acrylamide, caryatides, creditably, cylindered, cypripedia, decrepitly, decrypting, decryption, dedicatory, discreetly, discretely, divergency, dysenteric, ergodicity, glycerides, glyceridic, hypodermic, immoderacy, incendiary, incredibly, indirectly, mediocrity, presidency, tyrocidine.
	+5 letters: acrylamides, aerodynamic, benedictory, caryopsides, chrysalides, chrysomelid, confirmedly, copyreading, copyrighted, cordwainery, corydalises, countryfied, countryside, countrywide, credibility, crystalized, cylindering, cypripedium, decryptions, determinacy, diglyceride, directivity, discernibly, discourtesy, discrepancy, hydrometric, hypodermics, incredulity, irreducibly, maledictory, periodicity, predicatory, predictably, predynastic, recodifying, reconditely, rediscovery, reductively, secondarily, syncretised, syncretized, tragicomedy, tyrannicide, tyrocidines, valedictory, veridically.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Domain	Definition
Health	A solid form of carbon dioxide used as a refrigerant. (references)
Mining	Solid carbon dioxide. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Cold	Freezing mixture, dry ice, liquid nitrogen, liquid helium.
Refrigerator	Freezing mixture, ice, ice cubes, blocks of ice, chipped ice; liquid nitrogen, dry ice, dry ice-acetone, liquid helium.
	Freezer, deep freeze, dry ice freezer, liquid nitrogen freezer, refigerator-freezer.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Dry Ice Investigations (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Acute-phase samples for virus diagnosis may be stored indefinitely on dry ice (-60�C) or, if delivery can be made within 1 week, stored unfrozen in a refrigerator (4�C). Convalescent-phase samples should be sent in a rigid container without ice, if next-day delivery is assured. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
dry ice	738	blasting dry ice rental	7
dry ice store	123	dry ice supplier	7
dry ice blasting	73	dry ice blaster	7
bomb dry ice	41	dry ice online	7
make dry ice	24	blast dry ice machine rental	6
dry ice blasting equipment	24	dent dry ice repair	6
dry ice machine	20	dry ice retail store	6
dry ice shipping	16	dry ice storage	6
buy dry ice	15	dry ice making	6
dry ice temperature	15	dry ice item shipping	5
dry ice experiment	14	dry ice inc	5
dry ice blast cleaning	14	cooler dry ice	5
dry ice maker	13	dry ice retail	5
dry ice cleaning	11	accessory dry ice	5
dry ice use	11	dry ice sale	5
buy dry ice where	11	dry ice transportation	5
footjoy dry ice	9	footjoy dry ice golf shoes	4
dry ice pellets	8	accessory blasting dry ice machine variety	4
dent dry ice removal	8	dry ice price	4
dry ice purchase	7	dry ice mosquito	4
		dry ice picture	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "dry ice": dry ice freezer. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Dry Ice

Definition: Dry Ice

Dry Ice

Noun

Specialty Definition: Dry Ice

Specialty Definition: Dry ice

Synonyms within Context: Dry Ice

Cold

Refrigerator

Crosswords: Dry Ice

Commercial Usage: Dry Ice

Books

Non-Fiction Usage: Dry Ice

Expression: Dry Ice

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dry Ice

Modern Translation: Dry Ice

Danish

Dutch

Finnish

French

German

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Pig Latin

Spanish

Turkish

Anagrams: Dry Ice

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

INDEX