[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

glacial \gla"cial\, a. l. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. f.
   glacial.
   1. pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice;
      frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial
      phenomena. --lyell.
      1913 webster

   2. chem. resembling ice; having the appearance and
      consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds;
      as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.
      1913 webster

   glacial acid chem., an acid of such strength or purity as
      to crystallize at an ordinary temperature, in an icelike
      form; as acetic or carbolic acid.

   glacial drift geol., earth and rocks which have been
      transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder
      drift.

   glacial epoch or glacial period geol., a period during
      which the climate of the modern temperate regions was
      polar, and ice covered large portions of the northern
      hemisphere to the mountain tops.

   glacial theory or glacial hypothesis. geol. see
      glacier theory, under glacier.
      1913 webster
see also:
glacial acid glacial drift glacial epoch glacial period glacial theory glacial hypothesis 
glacier theory glacier 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

glacial
     adj 1: relating to or derived from a glacier; "glacial deposit"
     2: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of
        unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a
        frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a
        glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" syn: frigid,
         frosty, frozen, icy, wintry
     3: extremely cold; "an arctic climate";  "a frigid day"; "gelid
        waters of the north atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy
        hands"; "polar weather" syn: arctic, frigid, gelid,
         icy, polar
see also:
frigid frosty frozen icy wintry arctic 
gelid polar 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

78 moby thesaurus words for "glacial":
   siberian, algid, aloof, arctic, below zero, biting, bitter,
   bitterly cold, blast-frozen, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, chill,
   chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice,
   cold as marble, congealed, cool, crisp, cutting, distant,
   emotionless, exclusive, freezing, freezing cold, frigid,
   frostbitten, frostnipped, frosty, frozen, frozen solid, gelid,
   hibernal, hiemal, hyperborean, ice, ice-cold, ice-encrusted,
   icelike, icy, icy-cold, inaccessible, inclement, indifferent, keen,
   nipping, nippy, numbing, penetrating, piercing, pinching,
   quick-frozen, raw, remote, reserved, rigorous, seclusive, severe,
   sharp, sharp-frozen, sleety, slushy, snappy, standoffish,
   stone-cold, subzero, supercooled, unapproachable, unemotional,
   winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry, withdrawn

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