Imperial capacity unit
— Noun
– English
~ a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
International System of Units
— Noun
– English
~ a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela); "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites"
Islamic Unity
— Noun
– English
~ a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries
ice up
— Verb
– English
~ become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window; "When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane"