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.