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—CWMS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.
—SAPS[v. SAPPED, SAPPING°, SAPS] [Wiktionary - Sense 13] A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
—KAMES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A round hill or short ridge of sand or gravel deposited by a melting glacier.
STILLS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 16] glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
—ESKERS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.
—HEMINS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] a reddish brown substance produced in a laboratory test for the presence of blood by reaction with glacial acetic acid and sodium chloride
—SERACS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier.
—STOSS—[a.] · facing the direction from which a glacier moves
—CORRIES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
NEOLITHS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Crudely chopped flints, believed to be naturally produced by geological processes such as glaciation.
—GLACIS—[n. -CISES] [Wiktionary - Sense 4] In full glacis plate: the angled armour plate on the front of a tank which protects it from projectiles; also (often nautical), such a plate protecting an opening (for example, on a ship).
—MOULINS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface.
—SERACS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier.
—DILUVIALN[n. -VIA or -VIUMS] · coarse rock material deposited by glaciers / ----- { diluvion diluvium § diluvia diluvions diluviums }
—DRUMLINS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.
—EROSIONS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
—ERRATICS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
—GLACIAL—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of, or relating to glaciers.
—GLACIERS[n. -S] · a huge mass of ice
—ICEBERGS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The seaward end of a glacier.
—ICEWORMS[n. -S] · a small worm found in glaciers
—MAMMOTHS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
—MORAINES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
—MOULINS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface.
—NUNATAKS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that is surrounded by glacial ice but is not covered by ice; a peak protruding from the surface ice sheet.
—OUTWASH—[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The sediment (mostly sand and gravel) deposited by water flowing from a melting glacier.
—TILLITES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Glacial till cemented into a solid rock.
—CREVASSEDS[v. -VASSED, -VASSING, -VASSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.
—DETRITUS—[n. DETRITUS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
—DILUVIONS[n. -S] · diluvium «coarse rock material deposited by glaciers» / ----- { diluvion diluvium § diluvia diluvions diluviums }
—DILUVIUMS[n. -VIA or -VIUMS] · coarse rock material deposited by glaciers / ----- { diluvion diluvium § diluvia diluvions diluviums }
—DRUMLINS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.
—GLACIATEDS[v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To cover with ice or a glacier.
—GLACIERS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of glacier
—GLACISES—[n. -CISES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of glacis
—GUMBOTILS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A heavy dark clay resulting from Pleistocene glaciation.
—ICEWORMS—[n. -S] · a small worm found in glaciers
—MORAINAL—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
—MORAINES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
—MORAINIC—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
—NUNATAKS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that is surrounded by glacial ice but is not covered by ice; a peak protruding from the surface ice sheet.
—SCABLANDS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] High, flat land of igneous rock, with thin soil and deep channels formed by glaciers or glacial floods.
—DILUVIONS—[n. -S] · diluvium «coarse rock material deposited by glaciers» / ----- { diluvion diluvium § diluvia diluvions diluviums }
—DILUVIUMS—[n. -VIA or -VIUMS] · coarse rock material deposited by glaciers / ----- { diluvion diluvium § diluvia diluvions diluviums }
—ENGLACIAL—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Occurring or located within a glacier
—GLACIALLY—[b.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Through glacial action.
—GLACIATED—[v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To cover with ice or a glacier.
—GLACIATES—[v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To cover with ice or a glacier.
—GLACIERED—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of terrain: having glaciers.
—MOUTONNEE—[a.] · pertaining to a rock formation that has been rounded by the action of glacier
—OUTWASHES—[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The sediment (mostly sand and gravel) deposited by water flowing from a melting glacier.
—SNOWFIELDS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A large permanent expanse of snow on a mountain or at the head of a glacier.
—GLACIATING—[v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To cover with ice or a glacier.
—GLACIATIONS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena; an ice age
—GLACIOLOGY—[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The study of ice and its effect on the landscape, especially the study of glaciers.
—SUBGLACIAL—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.
—DEGLACIATED—[a.] · (geology) having had glaciation removed
—GLACIATIONS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of glaciation
—PERIGLACIAL—[a.] Of or pertaining to the area around the edge of a glacier.
—POSTGLACIAL—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Occurring after glaciation
—DEGLACIATIONS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The removal of all glacial land ice from a region, usually by melting.
—GLACIOLOGIES—[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The study of ice and its effect on the landscape, especially the study of glaciers.
—GLACIOLOGISTS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A scientist who studies glaciers.
—INTERGLACIALS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
—SUBGLACIALLY—[b.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] In a subglacial manner; beneath a glacier or ice.
—DEGLACIATIONS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The removal of all glacial land ice from a region, usually by melting.
—FLUVIOGLACIAL—[a.] Describing a stream formed from glacial meltwater
—GLACIOLOGICAL—[a.] · Derivative of glaciology «the study of the distribution, character, and effects of glaciers»
—GLACIOLOGISTS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of glaciologist
—INTERGLACIALS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).

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