spruce grouse Canachites canadensis | North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles |
spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus rufipennis | small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree, the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests |
spruce gall aphid Adelges abietis | a variety of adelgid |
dragonfly darning needle devil's darning needle sewing needle snake feeder snake doctor mosquito hawk skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
American red squirrel spruce squirrel red squirrel Sciurus hudsonicus Tamiasciurus hudsonicus | of northern United States and Canada |
ball bearing needle bearing roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
crochet needle crochet hook | a needle with a hook on the end, used in crocheting |
darning needle embroidery needle | a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread |
hypodermic needle | a hollow needle |
knitting needle | needle consisting of a slender rod with pointed ends, usually used in pairs |
magnetic needle | a slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a mounting with little friction, used to indicate the direction of the earth's magnetic pole |
needle | a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) |
needle | a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument |
packing needle | a large needle used to sew up canvas packages |
phonograph needle needle | a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record |
sewing needle | a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth |
Space Needle | a towerfeet tall in Seattle, a tourist attraction |
upholstery needle | any of several very heavy and sometimes curved sewing needles used by upholsterers |
needle biopsy | biopsy of deep tissue that is obtained through a hollow needle |
spruce beer | a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt) |
ice crystal snow mist diamond dust poudrin ice needle frost snow frost mist | small crystals of ice |
spruce pine Pinus glabra | large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood |
shore pine lodgepole lodgepole pine spruce pine Pinus contorta | shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States, red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares |
spruce | any coniferous tree of the genus Picea |
spruce | light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees, used especially for timbers and millwork |
Norway spruce Picea abies | tall pyramidal spruce native to northern Europe having dark green foliage on spreading branches with pendulous branchlets and long pendulous cones |
weeping spruce Brewer's spruce Picea breweriana | medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon having pendulous branches |
Engelmann spruce Engelmann's spruce Picea engelmannii | tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown, wood used for rough lumber and boxes |
white spruce Picea glauca | medium-sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue-green leaves and slender cones |
black spruce Picea mariana spruce pine | small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage, inferior wood |
Siberian spruce Picea obovata | tall spruce of northern Europe and Asia, resembles Norway spruce |
Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis | a large spruce that grows only along the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada, has sharp stiff needles and thin bark, the wood has a high ratio of strength to weight |
oriental spruce Picea orientalis | evergreen tree of the Caucasus and Asia Minor used as an ornamental having pendulous branchlets |
Colorado spruce Colorado blue spruce silver spruce Picea pungens | tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown, older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward |
red spruce eastern spruce yellow spruce Picea rubens | medium-sized spruce of eastern North America, chief lumber spruce of the area, source of pulpwood |
eastern hemlock Canadian hemlock spruce pine Tsuga canadensis | common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada, used especially for pulpwood |
green douglas fir douglas spruce douglas pine douglas hemlock Oregon fir Oregon pine Pseudotsuga menziesii | lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones |
bigone spruce bigone douglas fir Pseudotsuga macrocarpa | douglas fir of California having cones - inches long |
virgin's bower old man's beard devil's darning needle Clematis virginiana | common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers |
needle spike rush needle rush slender spike rush hair grass Eleocharis acicularis | fine-leaved aquatic spike rush, popular as aerator for aquariums |
needlewood needle-wood needle wood Hakea leucoptera | large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers, central and eastern Australia |
needlebush needle-bush needle bush Hakea lissosperma | shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers, eastern Australia |
Adam's needle Adam's needle-and-thread spoonleaf yucca needle palm Yucca filamentosa | yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages |
broom tree needle furze petty whin Genista anglica | prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe |
acerate leaf needle | the leaf of a conifer |
needle blight needle cast leaf cast | a disease of conifers causing the needles to fall |
spruce up spruce slick up smarten up | dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion, He spruced up for the party |
spruce up spruce titivate tittivate smarten up slick up spiff up | make neat, smart, or trim, Spruce up your house for Spring, titivate the child |
needle goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism, He needled her with his sarcastic remarks |
needle | prick with a needle |