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 |
circular plane compass plane | a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces |
compass | navigational instrument for finding directions |
compass | drafting instrument used for drawing circles |
compass card mariner's compass | compass in the form of a card that rotates so that degrees or North points to magnetic north |
compass saw | a handsaw with a narrow triangular blade for cutting curves |
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 compass | compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north |
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 |
radio compass | a direction finder that gives a bearing by determining the direction of incoming radio signals |
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 |
scope range reach orbit compass ambit | an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: the range of a supersonic jet, a piano has a greater range than the human voice, the ambit of municipal legislation, within the compass of this article, within the scope of an investigation, outside the reach of the law, in the political orbit of a world power |
compass range reach grasp | the limit of capability, within the compass of education |
needle biopsy | biopsy of deep tissue that is obtained through a hollow needle |
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 |
compass plant compass flower | any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass |
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 |
prairie bird's-foot trefoil compass plant prairie lotus prairie trefoil Lotus americanus | North American annual with red or roseolored flowers |
acerate leaf needle | the leaf of a conifer |
compass point point | any of horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass, he checked the point on his compass |
cardinal compass point | one of the four main compass points |
north magnetic north compass north | the direction in which a compass needle points |
needle blight needle cast leaf cast | a disease of conifers causing the needles to fall |
grok get the picture comprehend savvy dig grasp compass apprehend | get the meaning of something, Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter? |
needle goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism, He needled her with his sarcastic remarks |
needle | prick with a needle |
circumnavigate compass | travel around, either by plane or ship, We compassed the earth |
compass ,u | bring about, accomplish, This writer attempts more than his talents can compass |
acerate acerose acicular needle-shaped | narrow and long and pointed, as pine leaves |