Definitions
Etymologies
- See needless. (Wiktionary)
Examples
““Like a waking limb, pins and needles, pins and needles ””
“A light breath of air blew from the south, nipping the exposed portions of their bodies and driving the frost, in needles of fire, through fur and flesh to the bones.”
“She walked around the circle, showing one of the tiny, thin needles to each volunteer.”
“Le Guin needles Margaret Atwood about her insistence on not writing science fiction.”
“What is the proper way to dispose of insulin needles??”
“Remove the needles from the rosemary twig and chop them finely.”
“A timely story, Arya, as yesterday as I was donating blood I wondered (not being trained in needles) how much harder it is to find a vein in an arm if there is more subcutaneous fat at the inner elbow (the “crelbow” as my husband calls it - crook of the elbow).”
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“But that makes for some pretty thin needles in a very large haystack.”
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“And yet, getting stuck with needles is a part of growing up, because vaccinations, unpleasant as they momentarily are, are far less unpleasant than the diseases they help prevent.”
“After Pettersson's arrival in Vienna, polonium sources, spent radon needles from the neighboring hospitals, and photographic plates lay around the workbenches and occupied the interest of the experimenters.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘needles’.
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nauseanxious
alone/cold/dark/silent/lost
(also this list)horripilate, formication, willies, heebie-jeebies, frisson, creeping horrors, dread, butterflies, cold sweat, panicky, one's heart in on..., unease and 35 more...
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words about piercings
needles, metal, piercing, tongue, surface, nape, ears, mouth, industrial, nose, tragus, webbing and 11 more...
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Words for ice and snow
Environmental Ice and Snow
(excluding all the food ice)ice, icicle, frazil, frasil, sleet, slush, snow, flurry, snowfall, freeze, flash-freeze, quick-freeze and 619 more...
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A Dalliance of Dahlias
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Rose words by mollusque
Rose varieties by mollusque
Tulip Names I
Tulip Names II: You Know My Name
A Myriad of Iriia la mode, ace o' hearts, acclimation, adhesion, admirable, adorable you, advance, affirmed, after glow, agricola, alabama melody, alabaster queen and 1152 more...
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The Hospital Experience
From cradle to grave, the medical "professionals" have us coming and going.
power trips, doctor's orders, manipulation, intimidation, unnecessary proce..., costly ordeals, preventable compl..., fatal errors, infectious, sanitation, ambulance chasers, incubation and 15 more...
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unwell
pheochromocytoma, tumor, adrenaline, gland, endocrine, neurological, hormone, imbalance, heart, palpitation, sweating, headache and 74 more...
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creepie crawlies
that gives me the ....
collywobbles, creeps, wiggins, willies, heebie-jeebies, heebidie jeebidies, screaming meemies, shakes, goose bumps, butterflies, jimjams, horripilation and 19 more...
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