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Frosty

Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.

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Cold 84% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cold 84% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Frost 74% connected

The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Frost 74% connected

The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Frostiness 74% connected

State or quality of being frosty.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Frostiness 74% connected

State or quality of being frosty.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crisp 92% connected

Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Frigid 92% connected

Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Frozen 92% connected

of Freeze

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Glacial 92% connected

Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Icy 92% connected

Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nipping 92% connected

of Nip

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rimed 92% connected

of Rime

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rimy 92% connected

Abounding with rime; frosty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snappy 92% connected

Snappish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wintry 92% connected

Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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