dive nose dive nosedive | a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft |
census nose count nosecount | a periodic count of the population |
nose job rhinoplasty | cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose |
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. |
ball bearing needle bearing roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
big H hell dust nose drops smack thunder skag scag | street names for heroin |
coke blow nose candy snow C | street names for cocaine |
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 |
locking pliers | pliers that can be locked in place |
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 |
needlenose pliers | small pliers with long thin jaws for fine work |
nose | a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft), the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry |
nose | the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon, he ducked under the nose of the gun |
nose cone ogive | front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere |
nose flute | a flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries) |
nose ring | a ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control it |
nozzle nose | a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged |
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 |
pliers pair of pliers plyers | a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws |
pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
punch pliers | punch consisting of pliers for perforating paper or leather |
rib joint pliers | a type of pliers |
sewing needle | a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth |
slip-joint pliers | pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws |
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 |
nose olfactory organ | the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract, the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals, he has a cold in the nose |
hawk nose | a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk |
pug nose | a short nose, flattened and turned up at the end |
Roman nose hooknose | a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge |
nose | a natural skill, he has a nose for good deals |
nose | the sense of smell (especially in animals), the hound has a good nose |
needle biopsy | biopsy of deep tissue that is obtained through a hollow needle |
nose | a symbol of inquisitiveness, keep your nose out of it |
parson's nose pope's nose | the tail of a dressed fowl |
ENT man ear-nose-and-throat doctor otolaryngologist otorhinolaryngologist rhinolaryngologist | a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat |
ice crystal snow mist diamond dust poudrin ice needle frost snow frost mist | small crystals of ice |
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 |