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1 Glacier -- rank: 1000

Glacier definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GLA'CIER, n. A field ... glace ice ult. f. L glacies Webster's 1913 Dictionary Glacier Gla"cier, n. [F. glacier, fr. glace ice, L. glacies.] An immense field or stream ... mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a glacier is called the firn, or n['e]v['e]; the glacier proper consist of solid ice, deeply crevassed where broken up ... irregularities in the slope or direction of its path. A glacier usually carries with it accumulations of stones and dirt ...

2 Glacier theory -- rank: 987

Glacier theory definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Glacier Gla"cier, n. [F. glacier, fr. glace ice, L. glacies.] An immense field or stream ... mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a glacier is called the firn, or n['e]v['e]; the glacier proper consist of solid ice, deeply crevassed where broken up ... irregularities in the slope or direction of its path. A glacier usually carries with it accumulations of stones and dirt ...

3 Mendenhall Glacier -- rank: 947

Mendenhall Glacier definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska [syn: Mendenhall Glacier, Great Mendenhall Glacier]

4 Great Mendenhall Glacier -- rank: 947

Great Mendenhall Glacier definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska [syn: Mendenhall Glacier, Great Mendenhall Glacier]

5 continental glacier -- rank: 947

continental glacier definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice Webster's 1913 Dictionary Continental glacier Continental glacier A broad ice sheet resting on a plain or plateau ...

6 Alpine glacier -- rank: 947

Alpine glacier definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a glacier that moves down from a high valley [syn: Alpine glacier, Alpine type of glacier]

7 Alpine type of glacier -- rank: 947

Alpine type of glacier definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a glacier that moves down from a high valley [syn: Alpine glacier, Alpine type of glacier]

8 Piedmont type of glacier -- rank: 931

Piedmont type of glacier definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a type ... to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice [syn: Piedmont glacier, Piedmont type of glacier]

9 Piedmont glacier -- rank: 931

Piedmont glacier definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a type ... to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice [syn: Piedmont glacier, Piedmont type of glacier]

10 glacier lily -- rank: 915

glacier lily definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: dogtooth ... violet of western North America having bright yellow flowers [syn: glacier lily, snow lily, Erythronium grandiflorum]

11 Glacier Bay -- rank: 915

Glacier Bay definitions Merriam Webster's geographical name inlet SE Alaska at S end of St. Elias Range in Glacier Bay National Park

12 polar glacier -- rank: 915

polar glacier definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a glacier near the Arctic or Antarctic poles

13 Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park -- rank: 915

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park definitions Merriam Webster's geographical name reservation comprising Glacier National Park (reservation NW Montana) & Waterton Lakes National Park (reservation ...

14 Humboldt Glacier -- rank: 915

Humboldt Glacier definitions Merriam Webster's geographical name glacier NW Greenland

15 Glacier National Park -- rank: 915

Glacier National Park definitions Merriam Webster's geographical name 1. — see Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park 2. reservation W Canada in SE British ...