'Glacial' definitions:
Definition of 'glacial'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or derived from a glacier; "glacial deposit"
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" [syn: frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry]
adjective
Definition of 'Glacial'
From: GCIDE
- Glacial \Gla"cial\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids. [1913 Webster]
- 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 Glacial 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 Glacial hypothesis. (Geol.) See Glacier theory, under Glacier. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'glacial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- algid,
- aloof,
- arctic,
- below zero,
- biting,
- bitter,
- bitterly cold,
- blast-frozen,
- bleak,
- boreal,
- brisk,
- brumal,
- chill,
- chilly,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold as death,
- cold as ice,
- cold as marble,
- congealed,
- cool,
- crisp,
- cutting,
- distant,
- emotionless,
- exclusive,
- freezing,
- freezing cold,
- frigid,
- frostbitten,
- frostnipped,
- frosty,
- frozen,
- frozen solid,
- gelid,
- hibernal,
- hiemal,
- hyperborean,
- ice,
- ice-cold,
- ice-encrusted,
- icelike,
- icy,
- icy-cold,
- inaccessible,
- inclement,
- indifferent,
- keen,
- nipping,
- nippy,
- numbing,
- penetrating,
- piercing,
- pinching,
- quick-frozen,
- raw,
- remote,
- reserved,
- rigorous,
- seclusive,
- severe,
- sharp,
- sharp-frozen,
- Siberian,
- sleety,
- slushy,
- snappy,
- standoffish,
- stone-cold,
- subzero,
- supercooled,
- unapproachable,
- unemotional,
- winterbound,
- winterlike,
- wintery,
- wintry,
- withdrawn