And covering this expanse was the great opaline dome. From Wordnik.com. [Galactic Derelict]
Basright always had to look away from that opaline stare. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Used the Universe]
Structure in chromed steel and diffusers in opaline blown glass. From Wordnik.com. [The Fireworks Suspension Lamp by Xavier Lust] Reference
Art glass: French Gallé picture frames; opaline boxes in white, green, turquoise. From Wordnik.com. [Honeymoon]
The Boy was struck by a note that was almost horror in the opaline voice so near him. From Wordnik.com. [One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks'] Reference
A number of very rare and expensive opaline glasses were shattered on the stone pathway. From Wordnik.com. [Tar Aiym Krang]
However, the fittings always must be covered by opaline glass, plastic cups or spill shields. From Wordnik.com. [9. Commercial Lighting Fittings] Reference
I looked at one and knew myself a pinprick of light nearly lost in the opaline haze of ten thousand more. From Wordnik.com. [The Urth of the New Sun]
There were deeper shadows in the hollows but the sky behind the wooded ridge to the east was softly opaline. From Wordnik.com. [Diane of the Green Van] Reference
Nishitsu had turned that eerie opaline eye on Moravia and they went through the ritual of a formal greeting. From Wordnik.com. [Black Blade]
Within the mistiness was a core, a nucleus of intenser light — veined, opaline, effulgent, intensely alive. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon Pool] Reference
She saw the palms as a jungle, the pink-shaded electric globes as an opaline haze, and the eye-glassed faculty as. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
As Ootah and Koolotah dashed forward, great spaces of clear ice palpitated on all sides of them with interior opaline fires. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
All was calm and silent about us, the insects had ceased their music, and in an opaline sky little violet clouds were sleeping. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Numerous species resemble pearly or opaline cups or vases, fringed round the margin with delicate fibres, that are in constant oscillation. From Wordnik.com. [The Illustrated London Reading Book] Reference
The water is not then deep blue, but pale, with opaline reflections. From Wordnik.com. [Oldport Days] Reference
Viewed from the peak, the lakes sparkle like opaline gems in the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Rockies] Reference
Its nature is like opaline doves'-neck lustres, hovering and evanescent. From Wordnik.com. [Essays — First Series] Reference
The liquid was of an opaline hue, and bore a label with an inscription in Italian. From Wordnik.com. [The Woodlanders] Reference
The sky was cloudless and the contours of the lovely island were bathed in opaline light. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference
The newly discovered opaline silicates are the youngest of the three types of hydrated minerals. From Wordnik.com. [Tom's Astronomy Blog] Reference
But a damp warmth still clung to its rim, whereon the mineral had left a comely deposit of opaline texture. From Wordnik.com. [South Wind] Reference
Within the mistiness was a core, a nucleus of intenser light -- veined, opaline, effulgent, intensely alive. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon Pool] Reference
The sun was going down, leaving a great glory of gold and crimson clouds and an opaline haze upon the purple mountains. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Mountaineers Short Stories] Reference
A vision rather than reality, structure of pearly clouds in mid-heaven, seems that opaline pile lightly touched with gold. From Wordnik.com. [In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller"] Reference
She saw the palms as a jungle, the pink-shaded electric globes as an opaline haze, and the eye-glassed faculty as Olympians. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
Milliken is lead author of an article in the November issue of "Geology" that describes the identification of opaline silica. From Wordnik.com. [Tom's Astronomy Blog] Reference
This glitter, this opaline lustre plays round the top of every toy to his eye to insure his fidelity, and he is deceived to his good. From Wordnik.com. [Essays — Second Series] Reference
In some locations, the orbiter's spectrometer observed opaline silica with iron sulfate minerals, either in or around dry river channels. From Wordnik.com. [Tom's Astronomy Blog] Reference
It is all color, bewitching color, enchanting color -- everywhere all around -- all the way around the curving great opaline bay clear to. From Wordnik.com. [Following the Equator] Reference
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