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Body manipulation

• Body piercing needle, needle (large needles can often be confused for nails. This is, however, incorrect) used for body piercing
• Needle play, form of play piercing
• Tattoo needle, needle used to tattoo skin

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Play piercing, needle play, or recreational acupuncture is body piercing done for the purpose of enjoying the experience rather than producing a permanent body decoration. ... Traditional 2 coil tattoo machine 4 views A tattoo machine is a hand-held device for creating a tattoo, i. ...

Botany

• Needle Bush, plant
• Needle Palm, the sole member of the genus Rhapidophyllum in the palm family Arecaceae
• Pine needle, adult leaf of a pine

Binomial name (L.) Willd. ... Binomial name Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H.Wendl. ... Species About 115 species Pines are coniferous trees of the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. ...

Geology

• Crestone Needle, one of the fourteeners of Colorado
• Needle Mountains (Colorado), subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of the US State of Colorado
• Needles (Black Hills), granite pillars located in South Dakota
• The Needles, geologic formation off the Isle of Wight

Crestone Needle is one of the fourteeners of Colorado, in the heart of the Sangre de Cristo Range. ... The Needle Mountains are a subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of the US State of Colorado, on the east side of the Animas River. ... The Needles of the Black Hills of South Dakota are a region of fantastically eroded granite pillars, towers, and spires. ... The Needles from the cliffs inshore The Needles is a row of distinctive stacks of chalk that rise out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, England, close to Alum Bay. ...

Mathematics

• Buffon's needle, problem in probability
• Kakeya needle problem, problem in mathematics

In mathematics, Buffons needle problem is a question first posed in the 18th century by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon: suppose we have a floor made of parallel strips of wood, each the same width, and we drop a needle onto the floor. ... Needle shown rotating inside a deltoid. ...

Medicine

• Acupuncture needle, needle used for acupuncture
• Hypodermic needle, hollow needle commonly used with a syringe to inject substances into the body
• Needle exchange program, exchange program for hypodermic needles
• Needle remover, device that physically removes a needle from a syringe
• Pins and needles, sensation of tingling, pricking, or numbness of a person's skin with no apparent long-term physical effect
• Surgical needle, needle with holes or eyes which are supplied to the hospital separate from their suture thread
• Tuohy needle, hollow needle suitable for inserting epidural catheters

Acupuncture chart from Hua Shou (fl. ... Different bevels on hypodermic needles. ... A needle-exchange programme is a social policy based on the philosophy of harm reduction whereby people can obtain hypodermic needles and syringes without a prescription for little or no cost. ... Needle removers are devices that physically remove a needle from a syringe. ... Paresthesia (paraesthesia in British) is a sensation of tingling, pricking, or numbness of the skin with no apparent physical cause, more generally known as the feeling of pins and needles. ... For other uses, see Suture (disambiguation). ... A Tuohy needle is a hollow needle, very slightly curved at the end, suitable for inserting epidural catheters. ...

Music

• Gramophone needle, needle used to play back sound on gramophone records
• Needle drop, technique used by DJs
• "Needle in the Hay", song written by Elliott Smith first released as the opening track on his eponymous second album.
• Needle time, attempt to limit music played over radio in the UK
• Sleep on Needles, 2002 album
• The Needles (band), four-piece band originating from Aberdeen in the late 90’s
• "Needle", a song by The Screaming Jets from their 1991 album All for One

// Modern stylus, used with touch-screens on electronic devices such as the Nintendo DS and personal digital assistants Styli used in writing in the Fourteenth Century. ... The needle drop is a technique used in hip hop deejaying, probably originated by Grand Wizard Theodore. ... Needle in the Hay is a song written by Elliott Smith first released as the opening track on his self-titled sophomore release, Elliott Smith. ... Needle time was created in the United Kingdom by the Musicians Union and Phonographic Performances Ltd. ... There are actually four distinct EPs entitled Sleep On Needles. ... | Past_members = | Notable_instruments = }} The Needles are a four-piece band originating from Aberdeen in the late 90’s, now based in Glasgow. ... All for One is the debut album by the Australian band The Screaming Jets. ...

Sewing

• Knitting needle, long stick or rod used as a tool in the manufacture of hand knitted fabric
• Needle guard, piece of a sewing machine that prevents the user from sewing their finger
• Needle lace, handmade lace
• Sewing needle, long slender object with a pointed tip
• Upholstery needle, needle used for upholstery

Bamboo knitting needles A little dexterity is helpful in working with knitting needles A knitting needle or knitting pin is a long stick or rod used as a tool in the manufacture of hand knitted fabric. ... A needle guard is a piece of a sewing machine that prevents you from sewing your finger. ... Needle Lace borders from the Erzgebirge mountains Germany in 1884, displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum. ... Needles used for sewing A sewing needle is a long slender object with a pointed tip. ... Categories: Stub ...

Sports

• Needle, and inverted cheerleading stunt

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Zoology

• Needle dogfish, small, little-known deepwater shark
• Needles (horse), American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse
• Needle-clawed bushbaby, two species in the genus Euoticus

Binomial name Centrophorus acus (Garman, 1906) The needle dogfish, Centophorus acus, is a small, little-known deepwater shark. ... Needles (1953-1984) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. ... Type species Otogale pallida Gray, 1863 Species Euoticus elegantulus Euoticus pallidus The needle-clawed bushbabies are the two species in the genus Euoticus, which is in the family Galagidae. ...

People named Needle or Needles

• Dan Needles, playwright behind the popular Wingfield series which has played across Canada for many years
• Edward Needles Hallowell, United States Army officer
• Jimmy Needles, American basketball coach best known for being the United States' first Olympic basketball coach
• Nadel, German surname meaning needle

Dan Needles is best known as the playwright behind the popular Wingfield Series which has played across Canada for many years. ... Edward Needles Hallowell Edward Needles Hallowell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 3, 1836 to Morris Hallowell and Hannah Penrose, and died on July 26, 1871 in Medford, Massachusetts. ... James R. Needles (March 3, 1900 - July 22, 1969) was an American basketball coach best known for being the United States first Olympic basketball coach in 1936. ... Nadel, which means needle in German, is a surname that may refer to: Barbara Nadel, an English crime-writer, and previous winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Eric Nadel (b. ...

Fictional people

• Jimmy Needles, character in the video game TimeSplitters 2
• Needle (comics), Marvel Comics supervillain
• Douglas J. Needles from Back to the Future Part II and Part III

TimeSplitters 2 is a first-person shooter video game that is available for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Nintendo GameCube game consoles. ... The Needle is a comic book mutant supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. ... This page has character biographies on some of the minor recurring characters from the Back to the Future trilogy. ... Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 film and the first sequel to the 1985 film Back to the Future. ... Back to the Future Part III is a science fiction western comedy film starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd that opened on May 25, 1990. ...

Other

• 3 Needles, 2005 dramatic film which was directed by Thom Fitzgerald
• Cleopatra's Needle, trio of obelisks in London, Paris, and New York City
• Eye of a needle, aphorism used in the religious texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
• Needle dam, weir designed to maintain the level or flow of a river through the use of thin "needles" of wood
• Needle valve, type of valve having a small orifice and a threaded, needle-like plunger
• Needles, California, United States
• Space Needle, landmark of Seattle
• The Needles (CNP), south-east district of Canyonlands National Park
• A measuring needle, indicator on a measuring instrument or dial (measurement)
• "The Needler", a weapon used by the Covenent in Bungie's Halo: Combat Evolved

3 Needles is a 2005 dramatic film directed by Thom Fitzgerald. ... Close up of Cleopatras Needle (London) Cleopatras Needle in Paris at the Place de la Concorde. ... The eye of a needle. ... Needle dam in the Reuss River in Lucerne, Switzerland A needle dam is a weir designed to maintain the level or flow of a river through the use of thin needles of wood. ... A needle valve is a type of valve usually used in flow metering applications. ... Needles (Mojave ʼAha Kuloh) is a city located on the western banks of the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California. ... Space Needle from Downtown Seattle. ... A portion of the Great Gallery in Horseshoe Canyon View from the Green River Overlook View from the Grand Viewpoint Overlook Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, with washer-woman arch in background Canyonlands National Park, located near Moab, Utah and Arches National Park, was designated as a National Park on... Captain Nemo and Professor Aronnax contemplating measuring instruments in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea In physics and engineering, measurement is the activity of comparing physical quantities of real-world objects and events. ... A wall clock, with three dials A dial is generally a flat surface, circular or rectangular, with numbers or similar markings on it, used for displaying the setting or output of a timepiece, radio or measuring instrument. ... Halo: Combat Evolved, or simply Halo, is a video game in the first-person shooter (FPS) genre, created by the Microsoft-owned Bungie Studios. ...

See also

• Eye of the Needle (disambiguation)
• Needlefish (disambiguation)
• Needle gun (disambiguation)
• Needlepoint
• Needles and Pins
• Needlework

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