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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

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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.

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  • 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.

 

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