| 单词 | iridescence |
| 例句 | The boulders show and seem to rise up and the ocean recedes leaving little pools, leaving wet weed and moss and sponge, iridescence and brown and blue and China red. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Right where she looked, a fish leapt up, rainbow iridescence shimmering on its scales. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The sun sparked iridescence from their purple necks as they pecked. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The Warlpiri people of northern Australia, it’s argued, have no words for colors at all, but instead describe chromatic phenomena within a multidimensional space of texture, iridescence or size. Seeing Color: A Matter of Nature, or Culture? 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Each of the seven songs and three instrumental interludes in Friday’s selection fitted a bit too neatly into one of two contrasting moods: ethereal iridescence or jittery aggression. Music Review: Songs of America, With Beauty and Gusto 2011-05-01T21:21:11Z One of the most striking things about Cameron’s alien setting is the iridescence and bioluminescence. James Horner on creating a 'sound world' 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It’s almost like a skin tone, but it’s got, like, a pink and green iridescence to it. Man-icures: How male celebrities are popularizing painted, polished nails 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Ms. McGrath had created two options for what would eventually become the runway beauty look, a shimmering green swath of eye shadow inspired by the iridescence of a beetle’s wing. Bill Gaytten, Out From the Shadows Cast by John Galliano 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z But the real winner is the infamous march, reclaimed from its routine outings at registry offices and bestowed with such iridescence it's as if the unnoticed bridesmaid has finally caught the bouquet. Hallé/Stenz – review 2013-03-01T17:09:36Z The drawings were groundbreaking for their time, and they reveal some deft technique in trying to bring such things as iridescence to life. Review | Dig into these gorgeous books for gardening inspiration 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z You'll find colors like Artichaut, an "opulent green that is born of the garden," and Oyster, a gray-brown sheen with a hint of iridescence. How Le Creuset nails the art of colorful cookware 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z His golden glow has given way to a subtler iridescence, one that can only be appreciated if you inch close to the canvas. Art Review: ?Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus? in Philadelphia - Review 2011-08-26T04:00:08Z "We organized the light show based around iridescence," she says. The xx talks iridescence, looks goth, works hard 2012-09-29T22:01:05Z Color’s mysterious properties, like iridescence, fluorescence and optical illusions, are still being explored and exploited. ‘Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color’ Review: Vibrant From Any Angle 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Flashes of rainbow iridescence dart across the surface from seared paint mixtures. Noah Purifoy's smoldering work of art, 'Watts Riot,' is a powerful reminder on the 50th anniversary 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z At certain angles, the feather colors look drab, but when you crane your neck the right way, the iridescence blazes into sight. Magnificent Obsessions: Pursuits of a Lifetime 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z “Nature does iridescence better than any of us humans,” said the jewelry designer Ranjana Khan, who based her fall collection on the iridescent colors of beetle wings. Fine Points: Iridescent and Holographic Looks for Summer 2013-06-26T19:15:37Z Conceptually, to me, it represented immortality, and visually, it was all iridescence and bliss. What does unicorn flavor actually taste like? 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z A few green crystals among the beach beige matched a color used on the runway and a touch of iridescence on a cardigan. Milan Men’s Season Ends With a Sense of Theater 2012-06-26T17:22:53Z The prints’ iridescence can be seen as either natural or industrial, a memory of the polluted landscape where the Wrbicans grew up in western Pennsylvania. Review | In the galleries: Intellectually engaging, visually striking and open to interpretation 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z There's a quality of iridescence to the writing, particularly in these sections, which isn't just about the lustre of the prose, but the way in which passages seem many-coloured. The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner – review 2013-06-05T15:01:59Z When Mr. Tao opened with “iridescence,” a bubbly piece for piano and iPad included on “Voyages,” his performance was accompanied with an abstract video by Isabela Dos Santos. Music Review: Conrad Tao’s Unplay Festival Doubles as a Party 2013-06-12T21:51:37Z Then an irresistible sitar impinges on this idiosyncratic influx of iridescence. New band of the day – Sonnymoon (No 1,340) 2012-08-30T14:55:34Z Clad in a skin of dark pewter-glazed tiles that shimmer with an oily iridescence, the gallery contains a sequence of rooms of a low-key domestic scale, carefully tuned to the nature of the collection. Riba awards 2013: buildings for nuns, pupils, tourists … and Ferraris 2013-06-12T18:58:19Z Such structural colors often create iridescence, says Ling Li, an associate professor at Virginia Tech who collaborates with Kariko in studying spider colors. Meet the newest species of tarantula. It’s electric blue. 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z At 5 millimeters long, the new species is large for a member of the Bembidion genus, and when looked at under magnification its brown color has a green-and-gold iridescence. Opinion: Jerry Brown's beetle legacy 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Some species use their iridescence to attract mates or give off warning signals, but it’s not clear whether the ghost catfish’s colors serve a purpose, Rutowski said. How this little see-through fish gets its rainbow shimmer 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Cut diamonds show iridescence and the jeweler’s diamond cut is designed to maximize this property. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z But in recent years, biologists have shown that iridescence—lustrous shifts in color, depending on the angle of view—can actually camouflage green jewel beetles among sun-dappled leaves. Jewel Beetles’ Iridescent Shells Deter Hungry Birds—By Freaking Them Out 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z They also looked at animals such as parrot fish and various snakes to help inform the Qilin’s scales and its iridescence. Breaking down the real and mythical inspirations behind 'Shang-Chi's' mystical creatures 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Its leaves take on an uncanny blue iridescence when lit by the flash of a camera or in certain other light conditions. Houseplants to help you get through winter 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The fleeting and ephemeral nature of the colors was affected by the angle of vision, which shifted the iridescence through a suite of multicolored transitions in a manner that appeared to defy physics. Review | The insects that seem to defy physics — and have humans under their spell 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z But a counterintuitive theory first proposed a century ago posits that iridescence might instead be a form of camouflage. This shiny beetle case is a surprising form of camouflage 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z This is the first time iridescence, as opposed to simple glossiness or bright colors, has been shown to deter predators. Jewel Beetles’ Iridescent Shells Deter Hungry Birds—By Freaking Them Out 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z In iridescence, an object reflects different colors at different angles, separating white light into its constituent colors. Scientists luck upon a new way to make a rainbow 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Even if one snapshot doesn’t seem particularly enlightening, each gains iridescence by rubbing shoulders with the rest in the calendrical procession of partial portraits. Los Angeles is refracted in all its irreducible, unexplainable glory in ‘Dear Los Angeles’ 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z As she grew older, she began to collect specimens of the enchanting butterflies zigzagging down by the river, and became meticulous in preserving their fragile iridescence. The Case of Jane Doe Ponytail 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z “Looking through the viewfinder, I was actually startled by the shimmering iridescence of the feathers, the fan-like sweep of the wings, and the deeply colored, luminous eyes,” Mr. Garn writes. City of Pigeons and Yellow Cabs 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z “It’s actually the changeability, the very hallmark of iridescence, that is important for this protective function,” says Karin Kjernsmo, a researcher at the University of Bristol in England and the study’s lead author. Jewel Beetles’ Iridescent Shells Deter Hungry Birds—By Freaking Them Out 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Now, Lauren Zarzar, a materials chemist at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, and colleagues report producing iridescence in a new way. Scientists luck upon a new way to make a rainbow 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Her voice was clear and confident, and she didn’t flinch when given her word - margaritaceous - an adjective of silky iridescence that isn’t even in our spell check. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The new Honor 10 exhibits the same design philosophy as the P20 Pro: ugly notch on the front, stunning blue-purple iridescence on the back. The Honor 10 is exactly the budget Huawei P20 Pro we were expecting 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Martha is small and gray, with flecks of blue and green iridescence on the back of her neck. Billions or bust: New genetic clues to the extinction of the passenger pigeon 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z A 2017 paper from another lab had shown that birds shy away from glossiness, yet the specific avoidance of the color-shifting nature of iridescence had never been documented before. Jewel Beetles’ Iridescent Shells Deter Hungry Birds—By Freaking Them Out 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Their analysis showed the iridescence emerges through a new mechanism that blends certain elements of the previously known ones. Scientists luck upon a new way to make a rainbow 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z “Really beautiful iridescence, like a bluebottle, or a fly’s eye,” he says, skipping a beat. 48 Hours With London’s Favorite Off-Beat Designer 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Below them lies a layer of reflective cells that interacts with stacked plates to create iridescence. Just how smart is an octopus? 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Other animals adopt a range of pigments, and even use optical effects such as iridescence to lend a chromatic gloss, yet the mammalian palette is mainly monochrome. Deciphering the genes that give mammals their stripes and patterns 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The new findings suggest iridescence is an evolutionary two-for-one deal: it helps the jewel beetles hide but can also scare off predators that still spot them. Jewel Beetles’ Iridescent Shells Deter Hungry Birds—By Freaking Them Out 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The iridescence of each feather looked like it was trembling in the light. Actress Jane Alexander Tells Tales of Wild Things and Places Toward the beginning the camera slowly zooms in on a nebula, its cloudy iridescence shimmering in the light of its many stars. Terrence Malick's 'Voyage of Time' offers a gorgeous IMAX history of the universe 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The precision, as with Moore, is comic, fastidious: a mountain lion combines “undulation / and the gait of a worm”; a pile of dust reveals “the iridescence / in soil, / the mica and / infinitesimal / crystal.” The Poetry of Ordinary Terror 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z “There’s a tremendous amount of iridescence to their feathers - blues and purples, depending on how the sun is hitting,” said Nancy Nichols-Pethick, ISU associate professor of painting and drawing. Artists capture images of crows that fill Terre Haute’s sky 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z This hypothesis might also explain why these jewel beetles evolved to use iridescence rather than a more typical warning color such as bright red or orange. Jewel Beetles’ Iridescent Shells Deter Hungry Birds—By Freaking Them Out 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Or perhaps a cross between a pig and a snail that shimmers with a psychedelic iridescence? Teaching Machines to See 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Tory Burch let earthiness guide her for spring—natural fabrics like burlap and fringed linen, an insect’s iridescence, even a slice of tree bark, which inspired the molten-look wedge heel on a shoe. Is the fashion industry having a Don Draper, Big Sur Esalen moment? 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z As with any unconventional aesthetic, you may want to sample iridescence in small doses. Décor that Tastefully Embraces the Colors of the Rainbow 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The males, who boast the deep purple iridescence, spend their brief lives "drunk on oak sap, brawling in mid-air battles and chasing down virgin females", says Hulme. Purple Emperor: The butterfly that feeds on rotting flesh - BBC News 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z It is still not clear exactly what it is about iridescence that seems to frighten birds. Jewel Beetles’ Iridescent Shells Deter Hungry Birds—By Freaking Them Out 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Smoothness produced at the nanostructural scale gives the eggs their shine, the team concluded, and those same tiny structures are probably responsible for the iridescence. The Shy, Drab Tinamou Has a Stunning Palette That Still Holds More Mysteries Than Answers. 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z These surfaces reflect more light than many man-made structures, producing colourful metallic iridescence or dazzling silver shine that we see in the natural world. Physics reveals how nature sparkles 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z If this was indeed due to iridescence, he wondered, might it bring the lizard some hitherto overlooked advantage? Now you see me... 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z The natural colouration is a reflection of the iridescence patterns produced from large cilia forming combs. The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z Kjernsmo says this idea might be confirmed by analyzing the insect family tree to see how often iridescence coincides with poison. Jewel Beetles’ Iridescent Shells Deter Hungry Birds—By Freaking Them Out 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Finally, the team dissolved the cuticle using an acidic solvent, and found that the gloss and iridescence disappeared, leaving it duller than a chicken egg, though still vibrantly colored. The Shy, Drab Tinamou Has a Stunning Palette That Still Holds More Mysteries Than Answers. 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z In reality, it is composed of thousands of distinctive strokes that combine black with color to convey a subliminal iridescence. Art Review: ‘Audubon’s Aviary’ Returns to the New-York Historical Society 2014-03-27T19:13:04Z “New York had all the iridescence of the beginning of the world,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote. City Room: A Secret, Sparkling World 2014-03-10T03:00:29Z Eight rows of comb plates, called ctenes, are made of giant compound cilia that diffract light, creating iridescence. c, Comb rows in Pleurobrachia are constantly beating. The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z Alternatively, Mappes posits, iridescence might simply confuse predators: if a beetle’s color shifts, a predator might not be able to classify it as safe or dangerous. Jewel Beetles’ Iridescent Shells Deter Hungry Birds—By Freaking Them Out 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Ricardo thought he glimpsed a shimmer, an iridescence just at the limits of his perception. The ostracons of Europa 2013-07-03T17:20:40.397Z When observed through binoculars or a spotting scope, however, the birds are a rich chestnut brown, with a greenish or purplish iridescence spreading across their shoulders, lower backs and wings. City Room: Glossy Ibises Are Like 21st-Century Pterodactyls 2013-06-29T02:02:11Z And late some nights along the Mall, when the park empties, the sky takes on a haunting iridescence. Recalling Central Park’s Casino and the Roaring Twenties 2012-05-26T14:29:33Z Eight rows of comb plates, called ctenes, are made of giant compound cilia that diffract light, creating iridescence. c, Comb rows in Pleurobrachia are constantly beating. The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z Though more work is needed to fully understand iridescence as a warning, Kjernsmo says she is proud of how this study demonstrates nature’s nuance and complexity. Jewel Beetles’ Iridescent Shells Deter Hungry Birds—By Freaking Them Out 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The rhythmic grace of the metre is like a bubble blown into the air, floating before our eyes with gorgeous iridescence—but when it touches earth, it bursts. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z At length he stirred into action and started up the bayou bank, from time to time halting to search the water below him, to make sure that he could still discern the faint iridescence. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z The iridescence arises when the melanosomes are organized in stacked layers. Feather Cells Tell of Microraptor?s Crowlike Sheen 2012-03-08T19:20:19Z The natural colouration is a reflection of the iridescence patterns produced from large cilia forming combs. The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z A fine peacock, with full-spread tail, makes many a gay flower bed pale before his panoply of iridescence and color. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z It had brought him out of his old acceptance of me as a foil and relief for the shallow iridescence that other women produced in him. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z Reflected back to the still shadowed slopes of the eastern walls, these bolder colours became a blended iridescence of amethyst, lemon and pale misty lavender. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Only where the gold was fired on a white clay is there any iridescence, and then hardly so pronounced as to deserve the name of lustre. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z Did the black man, he wondered, walk in a clearer, cooler world, free of the clouds, the iridescences, the languors, the perfumes, the strange obsessions, that made others walk so often like madmen? Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Take it from me, dear, dear G., that your cure will have a social iridescence, for your acute and ironic and genial observation, of the most beguiling kind. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z Several features of the individual scales, including the scalloping and many perforations in their layers, help to suppress their iridescence. Ancient Moth Sported a Green Sheen 2011-11-16T21:15:05.573Z The green color and lack of iridescence on the moth's wings, McNamara and colleagues suggest, are features often associated with camouflage among modern insects. An Ancient Moth, Now in Full Color 2011-11-15T22:00:00Z The glaze after a time assumes an evanescent iridescence followed by a dull smoky appearance; finally, perhaps not for many years, it decomposes and peels off. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z It remains long enough to let me admire the venation and iridescence of its wings. City Room: Autumn Unfolds: The Air Itself Feels Alive 2011-10-28T16:43:31Z On back the black feathers, with iridescence of green, and bronze, are tipped with brown, as are some of the tail and wing feathers. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z To read over “The Point of View” has opened up for me, I confess, no contentious vista whatever, nothing but the faded iridescence of a far-away Washington spring. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The large, brilliant spots with which his silvery-bluish body is covered, and that filmy iridescence so admired by every one, will identify him anywhere. Fly Fishing in Wonderland 2011-09-01T02:00:22.230Z This iridescence, coupled with its hardness, forms the test of the diamond; and its absence never fails to reveal the nature of an impostor. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z That afternoon for the first time I began to discern that there was a more or less opaque webbing underlying the rainbow-bright iridescence of sparkling dust. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Black or brownish black with most of hind wings showing a bluish green iridescence. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z It occurs in vast masses, granular, and sometimes specular, without iridescence. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z He who is the elder, and who bears the baptismal name Nigel, has a complexion almost olive, with straight black hair, that under the sunlight exhibits a purplish iridescence. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z But after the touch of the magic wheel there is no substance which can compare with the diamond for luster, brilliancy and iridescence. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z On the dull purplish-grey surfaces played the most extraordinary mist of luminous iridescence. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Practically all northern butterflies are variously marked in different colors, while the butterflies of tropical regions are commonly tinted in monotone, though often showing a splendid iridescence. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z A small collection of Cypriote glass, dating from the I century B. C. to the V century A. D., attracts attention by its beautiful color, or iridescence, due to burial in the earth. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z They were of dark colour, rufous on the wings, with a green iridescence that glistened brightly under the beams of the setting sun. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Green-energy blues Investors wonder if the renewable-energy boom is over IF ANY industry ought to be seeing silver iridescence in the dark slick of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, it is renewable energy. Business.view: Green-energy blues 2010-06-01T12:27:00Z "In this way, we see glossiness as a potential intermediate step towards the evolution of iridescence." Glossy male birds are more 'sexy' 2010-03-23T14:59:00Z The Regal Fritillary, fresh from the chrysalis, still showing the marvelous sheen of its iridescence, furnishes one of the most beautiful exhibitions of color in the world of nature. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The wind was strong, and fleecy clouds flew over the heavens; some of which, as they formed and dispersed themselves about the flanks of the Aletschhorn, showed extraordinary iridescences. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The Angel had him at a disadvantage, and further distracted him from the main issue by irrelevant iridescence and a violent fluttering. The Wonderful Visit Pearls and mother-of-pearl both owe their iridescence to a similar ruled structure, which is developed in the living tissue of a mollusc. The Mechanism of Life The moonlight iridescence of the pearls, the sparkling glory of the gems, seemed to be a part of her noble beauty. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story Upper surface of all wings blackish with bluish or greenish iridescence, and marginal third marked with blue spots and stripes. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z By such films the colours of certain beetles, and of the wings of certain insects, may be accurately imitated; and a rook's feather may be made to shine with magnificent iridescences. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. This metallic iridescence with its infinite tints has a most delightful effect. Underground Man The bubble which Gud saw in his dream was iridescent with a great iridescence; for the colors of the bubble were many and they were ever changing, so that it was never twice alike. The Book of Gud The little tongues of flame that lit her hair dazzled with iridescence. Shadows of Flames A Novel The under side of both wings is of a color to suggest a dead brown leaf, with a purplish iridescence in certain angles of light. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The heading, “Dull Colors,” includes all shades of gray or olive, very dull dark-brown and black not showing conspicuous iridescence. Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago Its broad wavy petals of the softest richest violet, "vary in intensity from deepest sapphire to the mild iridescence of opal." The Romance of Natural History, Second Series Whereupon the woman was vexed with disappointment so that she began to weep, and in the small compass of each tear she shed was the iridescence of a tiny rainbow. The Book of Gud Looking through one of the rear ports, I could see a nebulous, luminous ring, and on all sides the atmosphere took on a faint iridescence. Armageddon—2419 A.D. The iridescence upon the upper wing surface of many butterflies, whose under wing surface is colored in concealing tones, is doubtless also of great use to the insect in a similar way. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z And then the shadows raced like a ferocious hunt out of the deep, chasing away the last iridescence of that awesome beauty and drowning it in the rising tide of the night. The Brain A cold iridescence suddenly illumined the gloomy interior of the hut. The Silent Barrier Charley's iridescence flickered evilly, which was enough to short-circuit two relays and weld an undetermined number of hot switches. Master of the Moondog The sun pours down a vivid light, which spreads quicksilver iridescence over the cloud-tops. Cavalry of the Clouds It is remarkable for its pink and purple iridescence—a characteristic which is not common in the butterflies of the Yellow and the White Tribes. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The structure is exceedingly delicate, the peridium between the ribs and reticulations reduced to the last degree of tenuity, with the iridescence of the soap-bubble, here and there lapsed entirely. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species But Uncle Ned contentedly pointed to a part of the horizon where a greenish, filmy iridescence could be discerned floating like smoke on the pale heavens. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston An arabesque of the movement produced by the twinkling colours and iridescence of the frills and furbelows on show; the electric light divides the scene into defined zones. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Look for their iridescence of edges of shadow, and of the contours of objects. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors It has a wonderful violet iridescence which is especially marked on the projecting tip of the hind wing. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z At all events, in forms which in all other respects seem to agree exactly with Rostafinski's descriptions, the colors are dull and without any noticeable iridescence. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species And the tendrils were a waving, ever-moving sea of color, where rainbow iridescence was stabbed through with the flash of crimson buds. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Like the man, her garments were lovely with jeweled iridescence, and now McGuire saw that the throng within the vast space was similarly apparelled. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Smoothly it fell into the rainbow mists that lost its base in a wonderful iridescence of shadows and quivering, never resting lights as far below him. The Eye of Dread Were it not for the wonderful iridescence of its wings the Red-spotted Purple would be one of the most plainly marked of the Sovereigns. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The thin clouds of vapor were mingling now and expanding: they blossomed and mushroomed, and the light of the moon came in pale iridescence from their billowing folds. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 The day had been grey; when she left the house a drizzle had begun to wet the flagstones, and every lamp-post was now hooded with ghostly iridescence. The Crimson Tide A Novel Henry's sleep was feverish, and shot with the iridescence of strange dreams. A Great Man A Frolic The colour is exceedingly brilliant, lively, and harmonious, with the iridescence of a mosaic of precious stones. The Cathedrals of Northern France In bright sunshine there is a distinct purplish red iridescence over practically the whole upper surface. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The souls described two curves that crossed like the intersecting of rainbows; and where they met, their wings mingled in a confused iridescence. Audrey Craven The choicest of these specimens is the true fire-opal, which in brilliancy and iridescence excels all others. Aztec Land To me, at least, it is a constant joy to watch the iridescence of his sentences, which gives to each of them not merely one, but innumerable meanings. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays Their bills and feet were grotesque, but there was something about their throats, stretched out in waning iridescence, that asked for regret. In a Little Town Even to Stubbs, who knew nothing of the stones, they were so fascinating that he turned them over and over with his finger to watch their twinkling iridescence. The Web of the Golden Spider There is a flash of green, red and purplish light, as the iridescence of the purest gem. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight And then, in the blowing clouds, she saw a band of faint iridescence colouring in faint colours a portion of the hill. The Rainbow Its wings, exquisitely netted and of crystal transparency, were tinged with an ineffable purple iridescence. In the Morning of Time A match was struck, the head glowing in a semi-circle of sputtering iridescence before the wood itself kindled. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The greatest, the loveliest things in the world lose their iridescence or dwindle before it. Imaginary Interviews The wit of women is like the airy froth of champagne, or the witching iridescence of the soap-bubble, blown for a moment's sport. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition In some cases the Roman pearl has a true iridescence which is produced by "burning" colors into the hollow enamel bead. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public This was the colour of their backs; while underneath they were of a silvery white, gleaming with a lively iridescence. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea It lighted up the polished surfaces of old mahogany, woke forgotten gleams from the worn old silver, and summoned stray bits of iridescence from the prisms that hung from the heavy gilt chandeliers. Master of the Vineyard A sudden mist blurred the sunset splendour, the bronze and purple iridescence of the sea. Captain Desmond, V.C. And, to press the metaphor, the cobweb, as far as Mark and Mabel were concerned, brilliantly as it shone in all its silken iridescence, would have rolled up into a particularly small pill. The Giant's Robe Let us now attempt to understand how the beautiful luster and iridescence of the pearl are related to the layer-like structure of the gem. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public How the plumage of a cardinal, or indigo bunting, or hummingbird glows in the sunlight, and reflects to our eyes the most intense vermilion or indigo or an iridescence of the whole gamut of colour. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year They grew quickly larger, and as the heat increased in intensity there shone from the two great bulbs of metal sheathing an iridescence that blinded like a sight into a blast furnace. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror One of the best-known of the Saltus books, "The Philosophy of Disenchantment" is written in a clear, translucent style without the iridescence which decorates his later opera. The Merry-Go-Round For it has nothing of the milky whiteness or dull blue, blended or distinct, nor yet of the pale yellow or iridescence that characterize the dove. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura The Aphrodita aculeata, a marine annelid, remarkable for the brilliant iridescence of the long silky hairs with which its sides are covered. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The iridescence of the plumage is somewhat different in the two species, but in both the golden eye-balls show white at a distance. Birds of the Rockies Her iridescence of dying statesmanship—her magnificence of hollow piety,—were represented in the arts of Venice and Florence by two mighty men on either side—Titian and Tintoret,—Michael Angelo and Raphael. Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 Yet the feathers were painted in flat color, without especial sheen or iridescence, and when I finally analyzed it, I found it to be a delicate calamine blue. Edge of the Jungle The moon had risen, on the edge of the horizon, and already the place was beginning to look ghostlike with the pale iridescence. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play The business that so occupied these winged and flashing gems, these darting iridescences, was in truth the universal business of hunting. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life The ice on the trees of Central Park was a diamond iridescence. Black Oxen Like the soap-bubble that assumes a lovely iridescence in the rays of the Sun, or, better, like the balloon rapidly cleaving the air, it is isolated from every kind of support. Astronomy for Amateurs It is, or might be called, the iridescence of a land with rocks all opals, and trees all evergreens; for the dullest verdure here seems vivid by contrast with its icy and snowy surroundings. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure It overlaid his primitive nature with a curious iridescence of fancy and furnished him with ideals and hungers his environment could never satisfy. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 The transparent tissue of its wings was filled with a finer and more elusive iridescence. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life It was followed by six months of the shifting iridescence of the Aurora Borealis. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch The tendency culminated with Gautier, to whom words were valuable, like gems, for their gleam, their iridescence, and their hardness. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Much of Chopin's music has in addition to inspired melody, an iridescence as if produced by cascades of jewels. The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players The cloud thus generated became denser as the light continued to act, slowing at some places vivid iridescence. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 There’s no sham there; no deception—except the iridescence, which is, as you doubtless know, an optical illusion attributable to the intervention of rays of light reflected from microscopic corrugations of the nacreous surface. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana I saw tea cups as frail looking as soap bubbles, possessing the delicate iridescence of opals. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch The term "iridescence" is used when the display of colour is seen on the surface, rather than coming out of the stone itself. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones The fragments lay in a path of sun, struck through and through with light, they seemed to possess a strange, new iridescence. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story As already said, it is the depth of its ebon blackness, producing a purplish iridescence over the epidermis, that has gained for him the sobriquet “Blue Bill.” The Death Shot A Story Retold How the moth-wing's iridescence By an inward plan was wrought, And they read me curious lessons In the secret ways of thought. Alcyone Pale shades of pink and green were the prevailing tints, but all had a lovely iridescence where the sun shimmered through their dainty forms. Danger! and Other Stories She tried to see it with Charmian's eves, but she knew they were filled with a romantic iridescence that danced before them and wrapt it in a rainbow mist. The Coast of Bohemia The cover was lifted, and there darted, shimmering in the half-gloom of the Chamber, a burst of iridescence from the box. Edison's Conquest of Mars But of the causes of this color, and of the peculiar subtlety in its iridescence, nothing is told you in any scientific book I have ever seen on ornithology. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Shining on Lylda's body, it tremendously enhanced the iridescence of her skin. The Girl in the Golden Atom As the service proceeded and Neale's hair grew dryer, the sun shining upon his head revealed a wealth of iridescence that attracted more attention than the minister's sermon. The Corner House Girls at School If you care for the iridescence of the moment you will trust vaudeville as you are not able to trust any other sort of a performance. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Head and thorax blue-green, abdomen purple; wings dark fuscous with a violet iridescence; an oblique white line on each side beneath the scutellum; legs and antennæ black. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology The new “paint” left the iron or steel as brilliantly glossy as ever, but overcast with a beautiful iridescence, and immune to the most powerful reagents. The Black Star Passes The iridescence of her skin gleamed under the flaming red of her cheeks. The Girl in the Golden Atom Almost at once the relux covering of the Thessian ship shone with characteristic iridescence as it changed swiftly to lux metal. Invaders from the Infinite The fire flared, and shed its changing light on the green silk, so that by its iridescence of interwoven colours, chasing each other as the garment wavered in the draught, he knew it. Ambrotox and Limping Dick Smaller than the female, and differs in having the clypeus red and the red colour running down behind the eyes, the antennæ longer, and the abdomen with a bright metallic iridescence. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology An iridescence like sea-foam sparkled in him that evening, he laughed as lightly as the little tinkling mass-bells at every moment, and seemed to diffuse a rosy glow wherever he went in the room. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Her skin was smooth as a pearl; in the mellow firelight it glowed, with the iridescence of a shell. The Girl in the Golden Atom The relux flashed into blinding iridescence— And from the fort came a beam of pure silvery light. Invaders from the Infinite The impression of the surface with fine microscopic lines might produce an iridescence, but not separate and clearly defined hues. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. The posterior margin of the scutellum rounded; wings dark brown with a violet iridescence. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology They are to our experience what the tremulous iridescence is to the neck of the dove. The Friendships of Women She was dressed only in a short tunic of a substance I might describe as gray opaque glass, and the pearly whiteness of her skin gleamed with iridescence. The Girl in the Golden Atom It needed the touch and warmth of a human hand to bring out its iridescence. Making the Most of Life The cover was lifted, and there darted, shimmering in the half gloom of the Chamber, a burst of iridescence from the box. Edison's Conquest of Mars The dome about him flickered with a queer, cold iridescence, and slowly vanished. Police Operation Thirty minutes passed, and then, in a queer iridescence, the globe reappeared. Temple Trouble When they left the tables to stroll by the milk-white terraces of the Casino, there was a flush in her cheeks and iridescence in her speech very different from a couple of hours before. Swirling Waters The whole arc of heaven seemed hung with fire-opals; east, west, north and south, whichever way she looked, there was dazzling iridescence. Parrot & Co. The cover was lifted, there darted, shimmering in the half gloom of the chamber, a burst of iridescence from the box. Edison's Conquest of Mars The mists still lingered around me in the mountains, rolling about in the form of soft white masses of vapour, with here and there a fringed edge of iridescence. Round About the Carpathians The mesh dome flickered with a cold iridescence and vanished, and they were looking into the interior of a great fissionables refinery plant, operated by paratimers on another First Level time-line. Temple Trouble The pupils seemed powdered with a strange iridescence. Visionaries On the contrary, its wings had grown to an amazing span and iridescence. Pieces of Eight If his descriptions are to be accepted at their face-value, the melodies of light rendered in the precious stone, in the ice-crystal, and in the iridescence of bird-plumage please his finer sensibilities. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization He would find delight in the colors of the rainbow, the glory of the morning, and the iridescence of the dewdrop. The Vitalized School It had as many arms as an Octopus and its shaggy evergreen head, starred gorgeously with iridescence, brushed the old-fashioned paper on the ceiling. When the Yule Log Burns A Christmas Story The whole land, saturated still with the fast receding sea, seemed to gleam and glitter with a strange iridescence. The Betrayal Let me try and catch here some of the fleeting iridescence of that radiant spirit. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 So close were they that we could see the markings of every feather—the iridescence of the heads, the delicate, wave-marked cinnamons and grays and browns, even the absurd little curled plumes over the tails. The Killer Here she was now being affectionate about Mellersh—Mellersh, who only that morning, while they hung their feet into the sea, had seemed a mere iridescence, Lotty had told her, a thing of gauze. The Enchanted April Purpose is the backbone of force; without it speech is flabby—it may glitter, but it is the iridescence of the spineless jellyfish. The Art of Public Speaking They sound the poetic note; they give the poetic flash and iridescence; they cause the poetic intoxication. Matthew Arnold The Crow set to work with a will, splashing on the colors generously, gold and green and bronze iridescence. The Curious Book of Birds It was funny stuff, with an iridescence on it as if she had been rubbing it with furniture polish. The Judge Beyond, through the ghostly trees where the river glimmered in the gray dawn with a pearly iridescence, a girl was fishing. Diane of the Green Van In this event the cloud will exhibit no iridescence, but, instead of it, a vertical circle through the sun will present itself. Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 Even to-day, as always, dress and sari were instinctively chosen to express her mood:—the mother-of-pearl mood; iridescence of glad and sad: glad to give; yet aching to keep. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India In sunlight, her black hair had the bluish iridescence of a ripe plum. Judith of the Plains "The Castle of Indolence" had the romantic iridescence, the "atmosphere" which is lacking to the sharp contours of Augustan verse. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century She saw not the shimmering iridescence of the stones, but a darting green dragon-fly which for one fleeting instant poised before her vision and the next was gone. The Keeper of the Door It thus appears that the occasional iridescence of cirrus clouds is satisfactorily accounted for by the concurrence of conditions, each of which is known to have a real existence in nature....—Phil. Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 They vanished—absorbed again by the rushing waters—and other bubbles rose in precarious iridescence. The Wings of the Morning But M. Taine's is less a book of travel than a work of art; in the iridescence of the descriptions, you lose the reflection of the things described. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees Here and there the last golden rays of sunlight fell on the distant ridges and lighted up the tree tops with a beautiful iridescence. Buffalo Roost The iridescence of certain Alpine clouds is also an effect of diffraction which may be imitated by the spores of Lycopodium. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 The dewy stone walls sparkled in fantastic and ghostly iridescence under the rays from the lantern. The Last Shot What struck us most was the lovely iridescence which they all displayed in different lights. A Trip to Venus His sunken cheeks, vague yet sinister eye, his turban marvellous in its iridescence, form an ensemble not to be forgotten. Promenades of an Impressionist Its plumage both above and below was a dark metallic green, with blue iridescence on the neck and purple on the shoulders. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Their horror and decorative iridescence are of the Poe sort. The Art of the Moving Picture The grey cobwebs swayed at the windows, sunset touching them to iridescence. A Spinner in the Sun She was a Christmas-tree bauble and was expected to throw off holiday iridescence. The Vertical City Then becomes visible the bluish or greenish iridescence of the glaciers which are bared and gleam down upon the valley below. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Instead, he had an ineffable sensation of contentment, a lightness of mind in which thought was sparklingly clear, turning from a turbid, opaque, green color to a liquid iridescence magical with tender rainbow tints. Against the Grain Its shape was a smooth oval; its hue, even in that dim, wind-tossed light, showed a wondrous, tender opalescence that seemed to change and blend into rainbow iridescences as the staring Legionaries peered at it. The Flying Legion At a distance it only gives a suggestion of a soft bloom or iridescence on the surface of the marble. A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood He remembered, now, every detail of her costume: the blue-green iridescence that ran through every palpitation of her figure, the black, sinister patch near her eye, the brilliant red of her lips. The Blood Red Dawn In almost all of them Plattner was seen, sometimes singly, sometimes in company, wandering about through a coruscating iridescence. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories Their green, their rose color, their intense yellow, their metallic iridescence, all their liquid tints are eternally glazed by a moist varnish which cannot exist in the atmospheric world. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel On the blackness of cork and ilex and cypress lay the green and purple lustres, the coppery iridescences, of old bronze; and night after night the skies were wine-blue and bubbling with stars. The Custom of the Country V An Aquarium Streaks of green and yellow iridescence, Silver shiftings, Rings veering out of rings, Silver—gold— Grey-green opaqueness sliding down, With sharp white bubbles Shooting and dancing, Flinging quickly outward. Men, Women and Ghosts So called from the iridescence of some of its solutions. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L Pale shades of pink and green were the prevailing tints, but all had a lovely iridescence where the sun shimmered through their dainty forms. Tales of Terror and Mystery Now that I look at you closely you seem all lighted up with an internal iridescence. Anne of the Island Her blue eyes sparkled with the iridescence of tropical water. Undo, a Novel By Joe Hutsko These tints of feeling indeed were doubtless but the iridescence of his idleness, and they were presently lost in a new light from Maria. The Ambassadors Only to the east, where the sun looked over a shoulder of a higher hill, it flamed up into a blinding diamond iridescence. Blix She recalled with infinite longing the solitary expanse of the ranches, the level reaches between the horizons, full of light and silence; the heat at noon, the cloudless iridescence of the sunrise and sunset. The Octopus : A story of California Presently the moon became covered by a cloud, and the iridescence died away. A Pair of Blue Eyes We now stood amazed at the sight, for their blotched and warty skins were of a curious fish-like iridescence, and the sunlight struck them with an ever-varying rainbow bloom as they moved. The Lost World The huge pool of blood in front of her was already assuming the iridescence of coagulation; and when the sun rose a hundred prismatic hues were reflected from it. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Of course I know it is only her hair and eyes and now her little teeth, but sometimes it seems to me there is an actual iridescence to her. Star-Dust Then, when the sun shone full upon him, the peculiar markings of his wings seemed fairly radiant in their glorious iridescence. Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon The gold and the colour and sweet smell and the sound of life, they exist, even if there is no bee; it only happens we see the iridescence on the wings of a bee. The Trespasser For away, beyond, beyond all the snowy Alps, with the iridescence of eternal ice above them, was this England, black and foul and dry, with her soul worn down, almost worn away. Twilight in Italy Something of this iridescence may cling to unmarried lovers, in spite of themselves, but wedded bliss is a sheer offence. Questionable Shapes The iridescence of the rippling water over the rainbow-coloured pebbles is very lovely. The Roof of France But often would the crowd and the glitter, the motion and iridescence, vanish from her, and she sit there a live soul dreaming within closed doors. There & Back Since the iridescence and the humming of life are always, and since it was they who made me, then I am not lost. The Trespasser It was a miracle of art and trembling iridescence. The Ghost of Guir House There is iridescence and ambiguity here, whereas Italians of either sex, once the rainbow period of youth is over, are relatively unambiguous; easily "placed." Alone When the sun shone on the tree the plumage of the birds gleamed with almost dazzling iridescence, the shoulders green, the back of the neck purple and lake of the richest hue. My Tropic Isle The case is by no means the contrary, and yet in consenting to some reason in the iridescence which the situation wears in the American fancy I should wish to distinguish. London Films The scales and bracts are tinged with red and the seed-wings are purple with bright iridescence. The Yosemite Instantaneously the sun-flooded morning was born, a morning that lost its freshness, its pearly iridescence, immediately. Cytherea The iridescence of a bird's plumage, we are told, is not something extraneous; it is a prismatic effect. Our Friend John Burroughs As they worked up-stream, the sheen of oil began to show again in faint and rocking iridescence; once she leaned over and touched the water with her fingers; then looked at them with a frown. The Iron Woman Not a tint or a hint of the immense iridescence is lost upon it, and there are days of exquisite colour on which it may fancy itself the heart of the wonderful prism. Italian Hours These two ladies, also, were pictures of radiant loveliness—especially were they radiant, for every beam of light found an answering flash in the shimmering iridescence of their beads and jewels and opalescent sequins. Oh, Money! Money! Her hair, brown and warm in shadow, sparkled, where it caught the light, in a kind of crinkly iridescence, like threads of glass. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box The javelins of flame shot through it continually, making a web of iridescence. Old Rose and Silver The sun was reflected from its myriad angles and facets in splendid iridescence. The Iron Trail She seems to expand and evaporate, to multiply all her reflections and iridescences. Italian Hours Some had the iridescence of soap-bubbles, others ranged from pink to deepest chocolate in color. Rainbow's End It began with a scintillating iridescence, up on the ceiling, not eight feet from where I sat. The Blind Spot The spangles on her gown caught the light and broke it into a thousand tiny rainbows, surrounding her with faint iridescence. Old Rose and Silver There was no sun to pour a liquid iridescence through their wings. Angel Island The interweaving of colour over the whole blunted bruised surface recalls the metallic tints, the peacock-and-pigeon iridescences, the incredible mingling of red, blue, umber and yellow of the rocks along the Gulf of AEgina. Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort A short distance away from us the ocean was deep blue; nearer it was light green, while far out toward the horizon it attained that iridescence which is indescribable. See America First Also, you see here the Jaradic colours—the crimson, green and blue—the shades between, the iridescence and the shadows. The Blind Spot From every girder and column, from every arras, pendent and looping, burst diamond glitterings, ruby luminescences, lanced flames of molten emerald and sapphires, flashings of amethyst and opal, meteoric iridescences, dazzling spectrums. The Metal Monster When you study the meaning of the conception you find an excuse for Aitken in flinging his mighty fountain into the center of all this architectural iridescence. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth Skyward and seaward on the clouds are scrolled, A mystic imagery of castled thought, A thousand worlds to lose,—or win and mould— A radiant iridescence swiftly caught Of ever-changing glory, fancy-fraught. Anthology of Massachusetts Poets Annabel uttered a smothered cry of delight as the iridescence filled her eyes. Lahoma His eyes seemed shrouded in a transparent film; you would have compared them to dingy mother-of-pearl with a blue iridescence changing in the gleam of the wax lights. Colonel Chabert Its fires faded; they flared out again, bathing the floating, unearthly figure of Norhala with their iridescences. The Metal Monster At a certain advanced stage of feather pigmentation a brilliant iridescent bronze or green tint made its appearance on those areas where iridescence most often occurs in allied genera. Darwin and Modern Science These were denotements of the fiery soul that smouldered beneath her grave exterior, and gave iridescence to every form of art that she embodied. Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors But Uncle Ned contentedly pointed to a part of the horizon, where a greenish, filmy iridescence could be discerned floating like smoke on the pale heavens. The Ebb-Tide The great genial logs lay glowing, burning; from the fresher one the flames flowed and forked; along the embered surface of the others ran red and blue shivers of iridescence. The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories To the northwest they were pulsing like the aurora, and like the aurora they were shot through with swift iridescences, spectrums, polychromatic gleamings. The Metal Monster What has happened is as clear as the iridescence of a dragon's eye. Kai Lung's Golden Hours Sunset came upon the water, the colour on the horizon reflecting soft iridescence upon the blue. Lavender and Old Lace Where art thou now, mine host Guffanti? — where The iridescence of thy motley troop! The Little Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets |
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