precious opal

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noun

any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.

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Also called noble opal.

Words nearby precious opal

preciosity, precious, precious coral, precious few, precious metal, precious opal, precious stone, precipice, precipitable, precipitable water, precipitancy

How to use precious opal in a sentence

Being there teaches you to think quickly, edit yourself, and not get too precious about your own work.
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From a lyrical standpoint, there are precious few that can catch Kendrick.
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Before preservationists could put a stop to it, he and other looters had raided and destroyed precious relics buried at the site.
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Second, they threaten one of the most precious resources in our state: public education that is open to all children.
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The rebels then turned their guns on the family huddled in the Opal.
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But Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar's wife, retained the precious prerogative of choosing the book to be read at the monthly Dorcas.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
I am not fool enough to put my precious Naps in jeopardy, just when I am so deucedly in want of them, too.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
What is, then, this precious drink I read of in my Shakespeare—so precious, that your lordship will not trust him to his butler?
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Her smile was strangely distant, strangely precious: she was love and tenderness incarnate; her little hands held both of his.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood