glacial

glacial is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.
2. adjective. Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.
3. adjective. extremely cold

   "an arctic climate"

   "a frigid day"

   Synonyms: arctic, frigid, gelid, icy, polar

4. adjective. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain

   "a frigid greeting"

   "got a frosty reception"

   Synonyms: frigid, frosty, frozen, icy, wintry

5. adjective. relating to or derived from a glacier

   "glacial deposit"

Synonyms

arctic, frigid, gelid, icy, polar, frosty, frozen, wintry

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in glacial:

gallica

Common word forms

glacially, glacialize

Words from these letters

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