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Wiktionary
- n. A light, high altitude snowfall that indicates the end of summer.
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Words for ice and snow
Environmental Ice and Snow
(excluding all the food ice)ice, icicle, frazil, frasil, sleet, slush, snow, flurry, snowfall, freeze, flash-freeze, quick-freeze and 618 more...
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Alaska
Names of places, animals, plants, people, etc. found in and around Alaska.
grizzly, coho, roe, koyukon, chinook, sockeye, king salmon, chum, dog salmon, kipper, kelt, baggit and 221 more...
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North to Alaska
oosik, nanook, muktuk, aurora borealysis, aqutak, malemute, iditarod, yukon quest, wheel dog, lead dog, red lantern, salmon cheeks and 52 more...
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skipvia's Words
syzygy, egg, lossy, catharsis, impuissance, truckle, obsequious, sequoia, sonot khazoot, alizarin, sepulchre, klister and 434 more...
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reesetee Either way, it's great. Colorful turn of phrase. :-) Nov 5, 2007
skipvia This is not one of mine, reesetee. It is commonly used here, as in "The termination dust is here; time to winterize the cabin." Nov 5, 2007
reesetee Haha! Did you invent this, skipvia, or is it a real term in your area? Oct 30, 2007
skipvia Snow, which in Alaska signals the end of the outdoor construction season. Oct 30, 2007