GLACIAL

arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar

(adjective) extremely cold; “an arctic climate”; “a frigid day”; “gelid waters of the North Atlantic”; “glacial winds”; “icy hands”; “polar weather”

frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry

(adjective) devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; “a frigid greeting”; “got a frosty reception”; “a frozen look on their faces”; “a glacial handshake”; “icy stare”; “wintry smile”

glacial

(adjective) relating to or derived from a glacier; “glacial deposit”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Glacial

(geology) Of the Pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers.

Anagrams

• gallica

Etymology

Adjective

glacial (comparative more glacial, superlative most glacial)

Of, or relating to glaciers.

(figuratively) Very slow.

Cold and icy.

Having the appearance of ice.

(figuratively) Cool and unfriendly.

Hyponyms

• englacial

• interglacial

• monoglacial

• periglacial

• postglacial

• preglacial

• proglacial

• subglacial

• supraglacial

Noun

glacial (plural glacials)

A glacial period (colloquially known as an ice age).

Synonym: ice age

Anagrams

• gallica

Source: Wiktionary

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Gla"cial, a. Etym: [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.]

1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell.

2. (Chem.)

Definition: Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; - - said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids. Glacial acid (Chem.), an acid of such strength or purity as to crystallize at an ordinary temperature, in an icelike form; as acetic or carbolic acid.

– Glacial drift (Geol.), earth and rocks which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder drift.

– Glacial epoch or period (Geol.), a period during which the climate of the modern temperate regions was polar, and ice covered large portions of the northern hemisphere to the mountain tops.

– Glacial theory or hypothesis. (Geol.) See Glacier theory, under Glacier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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