suction curettage
vacuum aspiration | a method of induced abortion, prior to the th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix |
inhalation
inspiration
aspiration
intake breathing in | the act of inhaling, the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing |
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 |
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 |
| aspiration | a will to succeed |
| pins and needles | a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation |
| needle biopsy | biopsy of deep tissue that is obtained through a hollow needle |
| aspiration | a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath |
ambition
aspiration
dream | a cherished desire, his ambition is to own his own business |
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 |
| Spanish needles Bidens bipinnata | common bur marigold of the eastern United States |
| Spanish needles beggar-ticks | the seed of bur marigolds |
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 |
| aspiration pneumonia | inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus, may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest) |
needle
goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism, He needled her with his sarcastic remarks |
| needle | prick with a needle |
acerate
acerose
acicular
needle-shaped | narrow and long and pointed, as pine leaves |