Deep in its cave, a stalactite has surprising beauty. From LearnThat.org.
A stalactite is a mineral deposit that is usually - though not exclusively - found in limestone caves. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
You find in a cave, say a stalactite which is dripping water into a pool at a very regular rate, gradually filling it up. From Wordnik.com. [Transitions on the DI blog - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Basle, and the great fissure of Amarnath in Kashmir, with its icy stalactite which is the special object of worship. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London] Reference
Luckily, a large fallen stalactite checked my skid. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
The nose is a manifest congealed drop or stalactite. From Wordnik.com. [Walden] Reference
Carriages to visit the stalactite cave at Brando, 10 frs. From Wordnik.com. [Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads] Reference
It seemed to be an old stalactite that some cave had discarded. From Wordnik.com. [Harpy Thyme]
"Coway," Leia commented, bending to pick up a broken stalactite. From Wordnik.com. [Splinter Of The Mind's Eye]
The stalactite formations in this arbor are remarkably beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
One enormous stalactite was taken from the roof, and presented to the. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Brushing along the wall, a hanging stalactite was dislodged, and it fell. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages] Reference
We climbed out of the hole and found ourselves in a stalactite-hung chamber. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
Shaped like a stalactite, it rose from the sea itself in twenty-eight levels. From Wordnik.com. [Stormblade]
Wanting something he could use as a spear, he chose a slender stalactite instead. From Wordnik.com. [Conan Of The Isles]
Writers are stalactite makers, dripping away in the limestone caverns of the mind. From Wordnik.com. [Can writers change the world? Steven V. Roberts, Anita Silvey and Bruce Feiler respond] Reference
In these cliffs are great stalactite caves, approached by iron ladders from the top. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Rolling over on top of him, she brought the stalactite section down hard on its skull. From Wordnik.com. [Splinter Of The Mind's Eye]
Their city was delved into a giant stalactite above the great, subterranean Urkhan Sea. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Thorbardin]
It will be seen that, at one place, the stalactite has united with the stalagmite below. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
And so the drips continue ... and a stalactite status icicle hangs in front of Alaskans. From Wordnik.com. [Shannyn Moore: Sarah Palin: The Gift That Keeps On Taking] Reference
In a semicircle of stalactite columns is a fountain of pure water spouting up from a rock. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
The bone came from a 13 - by 16-foot structure made of stalactite and stalagmite fragments. From Wordnik.com. [Neandertal News] Reference
A revolving galaxy of mirror-glass spins slowly from the ceiling like a psychedelic stalactite. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Slick The Biography]
For he was turning the corner of his sickness now, but prostrate and cold as a fallen stalactite. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven] Reference
The stalactite broke off; Conan dropped the piece of limestone and caught the falling stalactite. From Wordnik.com. [Conan Of The Isles]
Under this arch stands Wilkins 'arm-chair, a stalactite formation, well adapted to the human figure. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
Their action sent a pinned stalactite weighing several tons plunging from its eons-old growing place. From Wordnik.com. [Splinter Of The Mind's Eye]
They did locate one spot where an immense fallen stalactite three meters in diameter formed a low arch. From Wordnik.com. [Flinx In Flux]
The stalactite hangings were not massive, but showed the most delicate tracings, in the first chamber reached. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages] Reference
A number of pure stalactite columns fill the nave with arches, which in many places form a perfect Gothic roof. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
Riverwind went no more than twenty yards and found the girl waiting by a gigantic stalactite a dozen feet wide. From Wordnik.com. [Riverwind the Plainsman]
He continued in the direction in which he had been headed, feeling ahead with his feet and with the point of the stalactite. From Wordnik.com. [Conan Of The Isles]
His mouth works continually, his beard has become a stalactite of ice, his eyes roll in his head and he does not recognise me. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
It has a cavern capable of holding 1,000 people, a 13 meters (m) long stalactite and the autochthonous underground river Styx. From Wordnik.com. [Caves of Aggtelek and Slovak Karst, Hungary and Slovakia] Reference
Tang hurled the torch against the gray limestone, then sat upon a fallen stalactite to contemplate the back wall of the cavern. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
Buddy scaled the stalactite that served as the ladder up to the lofty nook where he slept and came back down holding his water bottle. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
In the flagged hall stands a huge stalactite some ten feet high, brought a hundred years ago from caves far away in the distant ranges. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876] Reference
These caves were stalactite caverns and grottoes not far from Trieste, and on the day of the fête they were lighted by a million candles. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton] Reference
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