"Avalanche" is a word in ENGLISH

To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a …

Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.

A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a …

An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow.

To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the …

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge …

To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.

To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes.

Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow.

A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast.

To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.

Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.

To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.

Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.

The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust …

A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, …

To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, …

To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.

A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a …