Phrase Hound found 64 phrases and 22 compound words that contain arctic. The most common are listed below. Open arctic in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 64
- Arctic OceanThe smallest of the five oceans of the Earth, on and around the North Pole, bordered by the three continents of Asia, Europe and North America.
- Arctic CircleThe parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 39″ north of the Equator, which marks approximately the southernmost place in the Northern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on the summer solstice and does not rise on the winter solstice.
- arctic foxVulpes lagopus, a fox of the family Canidae, living in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia.
- arctic hareA North-American hare of species Lepus arcticus, that is white, usually year round, found in the Arctic.
- Arctic codA gadiform fish of northeast Atlantic (Arctogadus glacialis).
- arctic raspberryA species of slow-growing bramble belonging to the rose family and bearing a dark red, sweet fruit; Rubus arcticus, native to arctic, subarctic, and alpine regions.
- arctic ternA migratory bird that travels between the Arctic and Antarctic, Sterna paradisaea.
- arctic frontThe semipermanent, semicontinuous front between the deep, cold arctic air and the shallower, basically less cold polar air of northern latitudes; generally comparable to the antarctic front of the southern hemisphere.
- arctic bearA polar bear.
- Arctic skuaA seabird (Stercorarius parasiticus), of the skua family (Stercorariidae)
- arctic redpollA bird of the species Acanthis hornemanni.
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis, a widespread leaf warbler in birch or mixed birch forest near water throughout its breeding range in Fennoscandia and northern Asia
- Arctic BridgeA seasonal sea route linking the Russian port of Murmansk to the Hudson Bay port of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
- Arctic SeaThe Arctic Ocean.
- Arctic VillageA village in Alaska, United States.
- Arctic ground squirrelAny of various members of the genus Spermophilus that are native to the arctic, including (but not limited to) Spermophilus parryii and Spermophilus undulatus.
- Arctic mouse-earA perennial herb, Cerastium arcticum, growing in parts of the Arctic.
- Arctic ArchipelagoEllipsis of Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
- Arctic blueA pale shade of blue resembling ice.
- Arctic charA saibling (Salvelinus alpinus).
- arctic rollA British dessert like a jelly roll, but with ice cream instead of jelly/jam.
- Arctic wolfCanis lupus arctos; A subspecies of the grey wolf, living in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, including once Greenland, that is all-white.
- Arctic lampreyA species of lamprey living in the Arctic (Lethenteron camtschaticum).
- Arctic butterburA flowering plant native to North America, Petasites frigidus; sweet coltsfoot.
- arctic willowA plant, Salix arctica.
Compound words 22
- NearcticOne of the major ecozones of the world, covering most of the North American continent.
- PalearcticOne of the major ecozones of the world, covering Europe, the former territories of the USSR, part of North Africa, and North Asia including the Himalaya foothills.
- holarcticDistributed in a geographic range around the North Pole; restricted to Arctic regions.
- arcticizeTo prepare for Arctic weather; to winterize.
- arcticwideThroughout the arctic.
- arcticallyIn an Arctic manner.
- periarcticSurrounding the Arctic
- transarcticAcross or through the Arctic.
- arcticianOne who has investigated matters relating to the Arctic regions; an Arctic explorer.
- ArcticwardToward the Arctic.