gelid
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But the Kuiper Belt, a torus-shaped ring of gelid objects, including the dwarf planet Pluto, will have its portrait taken by VRO in considerable detail.
From National Geographic • Jan. 9, 2024
It was a sunny, gelid afternoon just after Christmas.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 19, 2017
The talks will draw together diplomats from a dozen countries that have striking differences on potential solutions for the Syrian war — and whose relations with Iran range from warm to outright gelid.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2015
The burst of heat could bring joy to even the most grizzled of hard-core skiers by taking the edge off a gelid day.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2011
He pulled the wick out of the bottle and poured the bottle about half full, old straight weight oil thick and gelid with the cold and a long time pouring.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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