niveous [nivēəs]

adjective
1. snowy or resembling snow

origin
Latin niveus, from niv-, nix snow

examples
1. They drove up and down the niveous and tortuous hills in and out of the town. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America, Steven David Justin Stills
2. "Yes, my dear daughter," said her venerable son-in-law, running his fingers through his niveous thatch, "he was the first of the time-wasting Van Winkles." Her Weight in Gold, George Barr McCutcheon, 1897
3. Observations of the niveous and glacial features met with on the sledging journeys from both Antarctic bases. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson, 1920