ice fern
noun
A fern-like encrustation produced especially on the surface of glass by the action of frost; frequently in plural.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in James Russell Lowell (1819–1891), author and diplomat.
- polyunsaturates
- polyunsaturation
- polyuresis
- polyurethane
- polyuria
- polyuric
- polyuronide
- polyvalence
- polyvalent
- polyversity
- polyvinyl
- polyvinyl acetal
- polyvinyl acetate
- polyvinyl alcohol
- polyvinyl butyral
- polyvinyl chloride
- polyvinyledene
- polyvinylidene
- polyvinylidene chloride
- polyvinylidene fluoride
- polyvinylidine
- polyvinylpyrrolidone
- polyvoltin
- polyvoltine
- polywater