English words starting with glac

Meanings of Glace:

adjective

(of fruit) preserved in sugar.

Usage examples:

A glacé cherry

Meanings of Glaceed:

adjective

Preserved in liquid sugar and then dried

Usage examples:

Glacé fruit, you can decorate the cake with glacé cherries., remove the syrup from the glace cherri…

Meanings of Glaces:

noun

Sweet chestnuts (= large, brown nuts that are cooked and eaten) cooked in sugar

Usage examples:

She brought a box of marrons glacés., each marron glace is individually wrapped in gold foil to ens…

Meanings of Glacial:

adjective

Relating to or denoting the presence or agency of ice, especially in the form of glaciers.

Usage examples:

Thick glacial deposits

noun

A glacial period.

Usage examples:

This then provides the opportunity for milankovich cycles to become the pacemaker of the ice ages, …

Meanings of Glacially:

adverb

In a way that involves a glacier (= a large mass of ice that moves slowly)

Usage examples:

The shifting ice produced the glacially dammed lakes to the southwest., glacially fed, the water in…

Meanings of Glaciated:

adjective

Covered or having been covered by glaciers or ice sheets.

Usage examples:

A glaciated valley

Meanings of Glaciation:

noun

The process or state of being covered by glaciers or ice sheets.

Usage examples:

These hydrogeological conditions are controlled by relative land and sea level, erosion and deposit…

Meanings of Glacier:

noun

A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.

Usage examples:

Above us, waterfalls tumbled down the mountainside from glaciers that hung over the lip of high cols.

Meanings of Glaciers:

noun

A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.

Usage examples:

Above us, waterfalls tumbled down the mountainside from glaciers that hung over the lip of high cols.

Meanings of Glaciologist:

noun

A scientist who studies glaciers and other natural phenomena involving ice

Usage examples:

Glaciologists believe global warming is causing glaciers to retreat., lake imja was first photograp…

Meanings of Glaciologists:

noun

A scientist who studies glaciers and other natural phenomena involving ice

Usage examples:

Glaciologists believe global warming is causing glaciers to retreat., lake imja was first photograp…

Meanings of Glaciology:

noun

The study of the internal dynamics and effects of glaciers.

Usage examples:

Both institutions will collaborate on synthesis, and will welcome involvement from parties with exp…

Meanings of Glacis:

noun

A bank sloping down from a fort which exposes attackers to the defenders' missiles.

Usage examples:

Built in the glacis style, there is no berm but a continuous 11 m. slope from the ditch bottom to t…