Careful Words

sapphire (n.)

  • adamant
  • agate
  • alexandrite
  • amethyst
  • aquamarine
  • azure
  • beryl
  • bloodstone
  • blue
  • carbuncle
  • carnelian
  • cerulean
  • chalcedony
  • chrysoberyl
  • chrysolite
  • citrine
  • coral
  • demantoid
  • diamond
  • emerald
  • garnet
  • girasol
  • heliotrope
  • hyacinth
  • jade
  • jadestone
  • jargoon
  • jasper
  • moonstone
  • morganite
  • onyx
  • opal
  • peridot
  • plasma
  • ruby
  • sapphirine
  • sard
  • sardonyx
  • sky-blue
  • spinel
  • topaz
  • turquoise

sapphire (adj.)

He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time:

The living throne, the sapphire blaze,

Where angels tremble while they gaze,

He saw; but blasted with excess of light,

Closed his eyes in endless night.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771): The Progress of Poesy. III. 2, Line 4.