A talismanic amulet.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Inspired by the complex numerical relationships identified in talismanic objects or tables the Iranian artist Yahya Fiuzi creates art by interpreting the numbers as colours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference

To my thinking, the inscriptions must have been of that so-called talismanic kind in which these weak heathen believe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glyn Severn's Schooldays] Reference

Roy Hodgson bemoaned the loss of his "talismanic" defender, who could be absent for up to six weeks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Loss of Jamie Carragher adds to Liverpool's list of absent leaders] Reference

Then make a book, but make it what the magicians call a "talismanic" work - somehow beautiful, nicely bound on good paper etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Snell-Pym » First Publishing Rights] Reference

One member of his retinue said he views the Spaniard as a "talismanic" figure whose departure would alter his valuation of the club.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kenny Huang bid one of many offers for Liverpool, says Martin Broughton] Reference

Barcelona president has labelled talismanic strike Lionel Messi "the best player in.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Rodriguez Limits Discussion to Baseball] Reference

West Ham regard him as the kind of talismanic player who could make the same impact as Paolo Di Canio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference

BTW, does putting EV’s name in bold add some kind of talismanic power?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Faisal Shahzad Allegedly Admits to Attempted Times Square Bombing] Reference

They were often inscribed with religious and talismanic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference

However, the talismanic charm of 'Englishmen' did wonders.    From Wordnik.com.  [With The Immortal Seventh Division] Reference

Hernando's tongue and the talismanic name of Drake did the rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference

This talismanic word changes the current of my thoughts at once.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference

The brand became an end in itself, assuming a talismanic significance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Return of Luxury] Reference

Traditional branches of study have lost much of their talismanic value.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington] Reference

Enough has been said already to indicate the general nature of talismanic magic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bygone Beliefs] Reference

We were objects of talismanic affection for people who had never even been to the City.    From Wordnik.com.  [viral marketing] Reference

At that moment every passenger, all of whom were white, performed a talismanic gesture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Middlesex]

Apologies may not repair literal damage, but they have a strange talismanic power to heal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nina Burleigh: Apologia, Papal and Other] Reference

The talismanic pull of the "relics" and the story of the Arizona are clear to Mr. Martinez.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 'Sacred Relics' of Pearl Harbor] Reference

Getting on the pitch at all would be a bonus for England's talismanic batsman Kevin Pietersen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cricket's Contract Hitters] Reference

Something talismanic, something that would give him a feeling of warmth just recalling the word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bad Luck and Trouble]

The studio could do with some hits besides those routinely delivered by the talismanic Tyler Perry.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Tis the season of good horror as The Last Exorcism tops US box office] Reference

They dealt freely in charms and spells, and obtained large sums of money for their talismanic papers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference

It must be remembered that all Oriental languages give power to gems, perfumes and talismanic symbols.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cosmic Consciousness] Reference

Without, perhaps, accounting to herself for the belief, she had attached some talismanic virtue to the beads.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860] Reference

The gold bar is nothing more than a talismanic arbiter of global trade imbalances and inflationary pressures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Economics of Happiness: Reflections from the 2010 World Economic Forum, Davos] Reference

The letter has no talismanic or totemic value – it hasn't made writing any easier – but I absolutely love it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lawrence, a letter and me] Reference

Stories like Johnson's and Howley's -- and there are many -- have become talismanic for AIDS patients and doctors.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End Of Aids?] Reference

It is well known that, during the middle ages, many and various objects were supposed to possess talismanic virtues.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 07, December 15, 1849] Reference

There, by some talismanic influence, she got admission to the hospitals, though she was very pretty, and under thirty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference

As in the case of the Joan of Arc episode (and this adds to its marvel), it was the wind that brought the talismanic gift.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference

The term "national security" has become talismanic, conferring extraordinary powers on the President whenever it is uttered.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Time Released Documents Expose Subservient Congress] Reference

Still, even fixed as the pieces are at the Met to mannequins and the walls, Calder's jewelry has ritualistic and talismanic power.    From Wordnik.com.  [Body Sculpture Crafted by Calder] Reference

Desirous of knowing what the box further contains, he finds a plain gold ring, with strange talismanic characters engraved thereon.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of Pantomime] Reference

Roderick gave William a talismanic ring that shown to any of his brother robbers on the globe would at once secure safety and hospitality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shakspere, Personal Recollections] Reference

Their talismanic power resuscitates "the happiest moment of my life, but I didn't know it," as the splendid first line of your novel reads.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nathan Gardels: A Talk With Orhan Pamuk: Caressing the World With Words] Reference