Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 12 compound words that contain glacier. The most common are listed below. Open glacier in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- glacier birdwhite-winged diuca finch (Idiopsar speculifer).
- Thwaites GlacierA retreating glacier in Antarctica.
- Doomsday GlacierSynonym of Thwaites Glacier: A retreating glacier in Antarctica.
- glacier buttercupAn arctic-alpine flowering plant, Ranunculus glacialis
- Glacier CountyOne of 56 counties in Montana, United States. County seat: Cut Bank.
- Ruth GlacierA glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska.
- Hubbard GlacierA glacier located in eastern Alaska and Yukon, Canada.
- Siachen GlacierA glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas, at about 35.421226°N 77.109540°E, which (along with the area around it) is claimed by both India and Pakistan, and has been occupied by India since 1984.
- continental glacierA very large glacial body; an ice sheet.
- glacier creamA type of sun cream designed for use by someone on the snow.
- glacier lilyThe flowering plant Erythronium grandiflorum.
- glacier miceplural of glacier mouse: A ball of moss, often surrounding a rock, that moves across a glacier.
- rock glacierAn unstable mass of scree.
- salt glacierA solid rock salt outflow from a salt dome or halite diapir, that slow flows away from the hill of salt downhill, filling valleys. The flowing salt is frequently colored by impurities within the salt depost.
- glacier mouseA ball of moss, often surrounding a rock, that moves across a glacier.
- glacier glassesA type of dimmed or polarized eyeglasses or goggles used to prevent snow blindness.
- glacier birdsplural of glacier bird: white-winged diuca finch (Idiopsar speculifer).
- glacier milkSynonym of glacial milk: Meltwater which appears cloudy because glacial flour (rock flour) is suspended in it.
- glacier liliesplural of glacier lily: The flowering plant Erythronium grandiflorum.
- glacier creamsplural of glacier cream: A type of sun cream designed for use by someone on the snow.
- glacier milksplural of glacier milk: Meltwater which appears cloudy because glacial flour (rock flour) is suspended in it.
- glacier buttercupsplural of glacier buttercup: An arctic-alpine flowering plant, Ranunculus glacialis
- snowdrift glacierA semipermanent mass of firn that forms behind obstructions or in the ground from drifted snow.
- East Glacier ParkAn unincorporated village and census-designated place in Glacier County, Montana, United States.
Compound words 12
- namakierSynonym of salt glacier: A solid rock salt outflow from a salt dome or halite diapir, that slow flows away from the hill of salt downhill, filling valleys. The flowing salt is frequently colored by impurities within the salt depost.
- GlaciergateA 2010 controversy resulting from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change mistakenly claiming in a 2007 report that the glaciers of the Himalayas would melt by 2035.
- glacierizedModified by the action of glaciers
- glacierlikeResembling or characteristic of a glacier.
- glacieristOne who studies glaciers.
- glacierizationThe process of becoming glacierized, or modified by the action of glaciers.
- glacierlessWithout glaciers.
- palaeoglacierAlternative form of paleoglacier: An ancient glacier
- paleoglacierAn ancient glacier
- glacieretsplural of glacieret: A small glacier, or small mass of ice somewhat resembling a glacier.