atoll

• The atoll was the shape roughly of a thin slice of quarter-moon, lying generally north and south, and at each end, swinging out in an embracing circle, there was a line of reef, tiny islands that were only white sand, naked to the gleaming moonlight It would be dark in the jungle, Doc hoped. —  157 - Terror And The Lonely Widow
• Their delay in reaching the atoll was caused not only by the navigational error, but also by a head wind which greatly reduced the planes' speed. —  The Divine Wind
• If the example of the Bikini atoll is anything to go by: a thriving marine system. —  New Scientist - Online News
• It is already happening to part of Maduvvaree island in the northern Raa atoll, and the fear and disbelief are written on the face of the 45-year-old fisherman Abdullah Kamal. —  Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed
• Staged on a small island in the northwest corner of the atoll, the blast was expected to be about 3 megatons, however, U.S. military officials grossly underestimated its power. —  Web Edition | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Used in the Same Context

Word Family