glacier — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French dialect (Franco Provençal), from glace ice, from Latin glacies; akin to Latin gelu frost more at cold Date: 1744 a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land… … New Collegiate Dictionary
glacier — Synonyms and related words: Dry Ice, berg, calf, cryosphere, firn, floe, frazil, frozen water, glaciation, glacieret, glaze, glazed frost, granular snow, ground ice, growler, ice, ice banner, ice barrier, ice belt, ice cave, ice cubes, ice dike,… … Moby Thesaurus
rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice. [1900 05] * * * Tonguelike body of coarse rock fragments, found above the timberline on mountains,… … Universalium
Jack Frost — In English folklore, Jack Frost appears as an elfish creature who personifies crisp, cold, winter weather; a variant of Father Winter (also known as Old Man Winter ). Somewho? believe this representation originated in Viking folklore.Tradition… … Wikipedia
Killer Frost — Superherobox| caption= character name=Killer Frost alter ego=Crystal Frost Louise Lincoln publisher=DC Comics debut=(Frost) Firestorm # 3 (June 1978) (Lincoln) Firestorm (vol. 2) # 21 (March 1984) creators=Gerry Conway Al Milgrom… … Wikipedia
Silk Glacier — (coord|81|9|S|158|55|E|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a glacier, 10 miles (16 km) long, draining the east slopes of the Churchill Mountains between Mount Frost and Mount Zinkovich to enter Nursery Glacier. Named by Advisory… … Wikipedia
Mount Frost — (81°11′S 158°21′E / 81.183°S 158.35°E / 81.183; 158.35) is a mountain, 2,350 m, in the Churchill Mountains, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Mount Zinkov … Wikipedia
rock glacier — noun : a rock stream having the general appearance of a valley glacier * * * a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice. [1900 05] … Useful english dictionary
Список ледников Антарктики — Название Координаты Протяжённость Комментарии Ледник Огорда 66°46′0″ ю. ш. 64°31 0 з. д. … Википедия
arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… … Universalium