Phrase Hound found 31 phrases and 9 compound words that contain needles. The most common are listed below. Open needles in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 31
- pins and needlesA tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a nerve compression is relieved and in other situations.
- Spanish needlesA flowering plant, taxonomic name Bidens bipinnata.
- on pins and needlesFeeling sharp anticipation or anxiety; in a state of suspense.
- ice needlesplural of ice needle: a small crystal of ice floating in the high atmosphere; a constituent of snow mist
- knitting needlesplural of knitting needle: A long, thin, pointed rod, used in pairs to knit yarn.
- sewing needlesplural of sewing needle: A dragonfly or damselfly.
- hypodermic needlesplural of hypodermic needle: A hollow needle with a sharp point intended to puncture the skin to draw a fluid from under the skin or inject a fluid under the skin, used as part of a hypodermic syringe.
- devil's darning needlesplural of devil's darning needle: Clematis virginiana, a vine native to the United States.
- bore needlesplural of bore needle: A needle with a hole in its center.
- butterfly needlesplural of butterfly needle: A device used for venipuncture to draw blood or administer IV medications.
- compass needlesplural of compass needle: A magnetized pointer (usually marked on the North end) within a compass, free to align itself with the Earth's magnetic field.
- packing needlesplural of packing needle: A large needle used for heavier sewing, such as sewing up canvas packages.
- pine needlesplural of pine needle: An adult leaf of an adult pine tree.
- sea needlesplural of sea needle: The garfish.
- touch-needlesplural of touch-needle: A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for testing the purity of gold or silver articles by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a …
- Melnick-Needles syndromeA rare congenital disorder mainly affecting bone development.
- Melnick-Needles osteodysplastySynonym of Melnick-Needles syndrome: A rare congenital disorder mainly affecting bone development.
- quilting needlesplural of quilting needle: A specialized sewing needle designed for quilting, consisting of a short length, fine diameter, a sharp or slightly rounded tapered point, and a small round eye to enable even stitches.
- dipping needlesplural of dipping needle: A magnetic needle suspended at its center of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or inclination.
- netting-needlesplural of netting-needle: A long needle with pincers used for winding thread for the production of netting.
- fissure needlesplural of fissure needle: A spiral needle designed for catching together the gaping lips of a wound.
- darning needlesplural of darning needle: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A needle used for darning.
- intraosseous needlesplural of intraosseous needle: a solid, boring catheter inserted into bone marrow to supply intravenous fluids osseously.
- needles in a haystackplural of needle in a haystack: Something that is difficult or impossible to locate.
- needles in haystacksplural of needle in a haystack: Something that is difficult or impossible to locate.
Compound words 9
- needlesslyIn a needless manner.
- bioneedlesplural of bioneedle: A small hollow needle, made from sugar, used to deliver a vacine
- cryoneedlesplural of cryoneedle: A needle used in cryosurgery to apply cold to a small part
- microneedlesplural of microneedle: A very fine needle
- nanoneedlesplural of nanoneedle: A nanoscale needle
- needlescopySynonym of needlescopic surgery: A surgery that uses instruments with diameters of 3 millimeters or less.
- needlestacksplural of needlestack: A stack of needles. Represents the task of finding one thing among a large number of very similar things.
- needlesticksplural of needlestick: Puncture of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object.
- needlestonesplural of needlestone: natrolite