Scotland has more than 400 words and expressions for snow, according to a project to compile a Scots thesaurus.
Academics have officially logged 421 terms - including snaw (snow), sneesl (to begin to rain or snow) and skelf (a large snowflake).
The study by the University of Glasgow is part of a project to compile the first Historical Thesaurus of Scots, which is being published online.
The research team have also appealed for people to send in their own words.
It is often said that the Inuit have 50 different words for snow. Other Scots examples include:
feefle - to swirl
flindrikin - a slight snow shower
snaw-pouther - fine driving snow
spitters - small drops or flakes of wind-driven rain or snow
unbrak - the beginning of a thaw
The first two categories featured in the thesaurus concentrate on Scots words for weather and sport - with marbles taking the crown ahead of football at 369 words.
Dr Susan Rennie, lecturer in English and Scots language at the university, said: Weather has been a vital part of peoples lives in Scotland for centuries. The number and variety of words in the language show how important it was for our ancestors to communicate about the weather, which could so easily affect their livelihoods.
You might expect sports like football and golf to loom large in the thesaurus, but it turns out that there are actually more words relating to marbles - which is an indication of how popular the game has been with generations of Scottish children.