(a needle)
101needle lace — ▪ lace with bobbin lace, one of the two main kinds of lace. In needle lace the design is drawn on a piece of parchment or thick paper, cloth backed. An outlining thread stitched onto this serves as a supporting framework, and the lace is… …
102needle — 1. A slender, solid, usually sharp pointed instrument used for puncturing tissues, suturing, or passing a ligature around or through a vessel. 2. A hollow n. used for injection, aspiration, biopsy, or to guide introduction of a catheter into a v …
103needle-holder, needle-carrier, needle-driver — A hand held instrument for grasping a needle in suturing. SYN: needle forceps …
104Needle Range — Coordinates: 38°44′28.759″N 116°6′47.187″W / 38.74132194°N 116.1131075°W / 38.74132194; 116.1131075 …
105Needle Rocks — Die Needle Rocks im Südwesten von Maatsuyker Island Die Needle Ro …
106needle-through-needle technique — a technique of anesthetic administration in which a narrow spinal needle is advanced through the lumen of a larger gauge needle such as a Tuohy needle and past its tip to puncture the dura so that spinal and epidural anesthesia can be… …
107needle — Synonyms and related words: Gramophone, Gyrosin compass, PA, PA system, RDF, Victrola, aculeus, acumination, aggravate, annoy, arrow, audio sound system, audiophile, auger, badger, bait, banter, be at, bedevil, beset, between, binaural system,… …
108needle — 1. noun 1) a needle and thread Syn: bodkin 2) the virus is transmitted via needles Syn: hypodermic needle, syringe; informal hypo 3) the needle on the meter Syn: indicator, pointer …
109needle — 1. v. Irritate. Annoy. 2 the needle Irritation. Esp. get or take the needle Become annoyed. 3 adj. Crucial (usu. in sporting usage, esp. needle match, sometimes with implication of ill feeling among contestants or of special passion among… …
110needle and seat — A pair of items in a carburetor. The seat is usually a brass plug with a specially shaped hole to accommodate the needle which is a shaft with a pointed end. When the needle is fully seated in the seat, no gasoline can enter the float bowl. As… …
