nilas
/ˈniːlas/noun
A type of ice which forms on a calm sea as a flexible dull grey crust up to 10 cm thick.
Origin
1960s. From Russian regional (northern, Archangel, and White Sea) nilas, probably from Finnic root nila, lit. ‘slippery slime’ or nilo- to come loose easily (originally of bark at sap-time).
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- pseudocoloring
- pseudocolour
- pseudocolouring
- pseudocolumella
- pseudocompatibility
- pseudo-concept
- pseudoconcha
- pseudocone
- pseudoconglomerate
- pseudocopulation
- pseudocortex
- pseudocosta
- pseudocostate
- pseudocroup
- pseudocubic
- pseudocubical
- pseudocumene
- pseudocyesis
- pseudocyphella
- pseudocyst
- pseudodeltidium
- pseudodementia
- pseudodike
- Pseudo-Dionysius