Word Meanings - GLACIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: GLACIAL

Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; - - said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids. Glacial acid , 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 , earth and rocks which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder drift. -- Glacial epoch or period , 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. See Glacier theory, under Glacier. (more info) 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GLACIAL)

• Glabrous
• Smooth
• polished
• bald
• shiny
• sleek
• glacial
• glassy
• Glassy
• Vitreous
• smooth
• glabrous
• brittle
• transparent
• crystalline
• pellucid
• limpid
• glossy
• silken
• Hibernal
• Wintry
• arctic
• brumal

Related words: (words related to GLACIAL)

• BRITTLELY
  In a brittle manner. Sherwood.
• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• SMOOTHNESS
  Quality or state of being smooth.
• TRANSPARENT
  transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
• GLACIALIST
  One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers.
• SMOOTH
  1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray. 2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii. 16.
• POLISHMENT
  The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
• PELLUCIDITY; PELLUCIDNESS
  The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air. Locke.
• SMOOTH-CHINNED
  Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.
• PELLUCIDLY
  In a pellucid manner.
• SMOOTHLY
  In a smooth manner.
• GLABROUS
  Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.
• POLISHED
  Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.
• LIMPIDNESS
  Quality of being limpid; limpidity.
• BRITTLE STAR
  Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.
• BRUMAL
  Of or pertaining to winter. "The brumal solstice." Sir T. Browne.
• LIMPID
  Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream. Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid. Woodward. Syn. -- Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent; bright.
• SMOOTH-SPOKEN
  Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
• POLISHABLE
  Capable of being polished.
• SILKEN
  1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil. 2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. "Silken terms precise." Shak. 3. Dressed in silk. "A . . . silken wanton." Shak.
• ARCTIC
  Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature. Note: The arctic circle is a lesser circle, parallel
• SEMICRYSTALLINE
  Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter.
• REPOLISH
  To polish again.
• HYPOCRYSTALLINE
  Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystals imbedded in a glassy ground mass.
• MICROCRYSTALLINE
  Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline.
• SUNSHINY
  1. Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day. 2. Bright like the sun; resplendent. Flashing beams of that sunshiny shield. Spenser. 3. Beaming with good spirits; cheerful. "Her sunshiny face." Spenser.
• PHANEROCRYSTALLINE
  Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to Ant: cryptocrystalline.
• DEPOLISHING
  The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelian. Knight.