arctic 
arc·tic (ärk′tik, är′-)
adjective
- of, characteristic of, or near the North Pole or the region around it
- very cold; frigid
Etymology: ME artik < OFr artique < L arcticus < Gr arktikos, lit., of the (constellation of the) Bear (Gr arktos), northern, arctic
the Arctic
the region around the North Pole, including the Arctic Ocean and the lands in it north of the 70° latitude
arctic
modif.
Modifies a noun
- tundra: Enjoy a walk on the arctic tundra which will give you a sense of the vast scale of Alaska's arctic regions.
- tern: My office looks over a gravel beach area which is a nesting ground for arctic terns.
- skua: Also a great northern diver and 2 arctic skua flew east.
- monkey: So what is all this fuss was about a certain band called THE ARCTIC MONKEYS?
- fox: Perhaps I could fill it with bears, or arctic foxes.
- explorer: She's a community worker, not an arctic explorer!
Modifying Another Word
Hidden in wonder and snow, or sudden with summer, This land stares at the sun in a huge silence Endlessly repeating something we cannot hear. Inarticulate, arctic, Not written on by history, emptyas paper, It leans away from the world with songs in its lakes Older than love, and lost in the miles. 722
The climate of Manitoba consists of seven months of Arctic weather and five months of cold weather.
There are two kinds of Arctic problems, the imaginary and the real.Of the two, the imaginary are the most real.
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