Glacial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or derived from a glacier.
  • adj. Suggesting the extreme slowness of a glacier: Work proceeded at a glacial pace.
  • adj. Characterized or dominated by the existence of glaciers. Used of a geologic epoch.
  • adj. Pleistocene. See Table at geologic time.
  • adj. Extremely cold; icy: glacial waters. See Synonyms at cold.
  • adj. Having the appearance of ice.
  • adj. Lacking warmth and friendliness: a glacial stare.
  • adj. Coldly detached: a glacial composure.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of, or relating to glaciers
  • adj. very slow
  • adj. cold and icy
  • adj. having the appearance of ice
  • adj. cool and unfriendly
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers.
  • adj. Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Icy; consisting of ice; frozen; hence, resembling ice; figuratively, having a cold, glassy look or manner.
  • In geology, referring to ice; associated with the geological agency of ice.
  • Of or relating to a glacier or an ice-sheet.
  • In chem., assuming the solid state as a result of concentration: used chiefly of certain acids (as acetic, sulphuric, and phosphoric acids) which are commonly seen as liquids but solidify at low temperatures when concentrated by removal of water.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. relating to or derived from a glacier
  • adj. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
  • adj. extremely cold
  • Equivalent
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    frozen    icy    crystal   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    biracial    facial    interracial    multiracial    nonracial    palatial    proglacial    racial    spacial    spatial   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    frigid    stony    volcanic    wintry    arctic    alluvial    glassy    geological    windswept    steely