N. smoothness, polish,
gloss,
lubricity,
lubrication, down,
velvet,
velure, silk,
satin,
velveteen, velour,
velours, velumen, glass, ice, slide, bowling green,
asphalt, wood pavement,
flagstone, flags, roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin,
rolling mill, sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander, flat iron, sad iron,
burnisher, turpentine and beeswax, polish, shoe polish,
lapidary,
lapidary,
lapidarian V. smooth,
smoothen, plane,
file,
mow,
shave, level, roll,
macadamize, polish,
burnish,
calender,
glaze, iron, hot-press,
mangle,
lubricate Adj. smooth, polished, leiodermatous,
slick,
velutinous, even, level, plane,
sleek,
glossy,
silken,
silky,
lanate,
downy,
velvety,
glabrous,
slippery,
glassy,
lubricous,
oily, soft, unwrinkled, smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil, slippery as an eel, woolly
Phr. smooth as silk, slippery as coonshit on a pump handle, slippery as a greased pig
Cold Roget’s Thesaurus §383 N. cold, coldness,
frigidity,
inclemency,
fresco, winter, depth of winter, hard winter, siberia,
nova zembla, wind-chill factor, ice, snow,
snowflake, snow crystal, snow drift,
sleet,
hail,
hailstone,
rime,
frost, hoar frost, white frost, hard frost, sharp frost, barf,
glaze, lolly,
icicle, thick-ribbed ice, fall of snow, heavy fall,
iceberg, icefloe, floe berg,
glacier,
neve, serac, pruina, freezing mixture, dry ice, liquid nitrogen, liquid helium,
chilliness,
chill,
shivering, goose skin,
horripilation,
rigor, chattering of teeth,
numbness,
frostbite V. be cold,
shiver,
starve,
quake,
shake,
tremble,
shudder,
didder,
quiver,
freeze, freeze to death, perish with cold,
chill,
freeze, horripilate, make the skin crawl, give one goose flesh
Adj. cold, cool,
chill,
chilly,
icy,
gelid,
frigid,
algid, fresh, keen,
bleak, raw, inclement, bitter,
biting,
niveous, cutting,
nipping,
piercing,
pinching,
clay-cold,
starved, chilled to the bone,
shivering,
aguish, transi de froid,
frostbitten, frost-bound, frost-nipped, cold as a stone, cold as marble, cold as lead, cold as iron, cold as a frog, cold as charity, cold as christmas, cool as a cucumber, cool as custard,
icy,
glacial,
frosty,
freezing,
pruinose,
wintry,
brumal,
hibernal,
boreal, arctic,
siberian,
hyemal,
hyperborean, hyperboreal,
icebound, frozen out, unwarmed,
unthawed,
lukewarm,
tepid,
isocheimal,
isocheimenal,
isocheimic,
frozen,
numb,
frost-bitten Adv. coldly, bitterly, pierre fendre
