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'''Needle''' or '''Needles''' may refer to:
==Sewing and needlework==
* [[Sewing needle]], long slender object with a pointed tip
* [[Needle guard]], piece of a sewing machine that prevents the user from sewing their finger
* [[Needlework]], a term for textile arts using needles
** [[Needlepoint]], a form of embroidery
** [[Knitting needle]], long stick or rod used as a tool in the manufacture of hand knitted fabric
** [[Needle lace]], handmade lace
* [[Upholstery needle]], needle used for upholstery
==Body manipulation==
* [[Body piercing needle]], a needle used for body piercing
* [[Tattoo needle]], a needle used to tattoo skin
* [[Needle play]], a form of play piercing
==Botany==
* [[Needle Bush]], a plant of the genus Acacia
* [[Needle Palm]], the sole member of the genus Rhapidophyllum in the palm family Arecaceae
* [[Pine needle]], adult leaf of a pine
==Geography and geology==
* [[Needles (Black Hills)]], granite pillars located in South Dakota
* [[Needles, California]], a small city in the United States
* [[Needle Mountains (Colorado)]], subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern Colorado
* [[The Needles]], geologic formation off the Isle of Wight
* The Needles, the southeast district of [[Canyonlands National Park]]
* [[Cleopatra's Needle]], trio of obelisks in London, Paris, and New York City
* [[Crestone Needle]], one of the "fourteeners" (mountains of 14,000+ feet) of Colorado
* [[Space Needle]], landmark of Seattle
==Mathematics==
* [[Buffon's needle]], problem in probability
* [[Kakeya needle problem]], problem in mathematics
==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]] or paresthesia, 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
==Music==
* [[Gramophone needle]], needle used to play back sound on gramophone records
* [[Needle drop]], technique used by DJs
* [[Needle time]], a 1960s attempt to limit music played over radio in the UK
* [[The Needles (band)|The Needles]], a four-piece band from Aberdeen in the late 1990s
* ''[[Sleep on Needles]]'', 2002 album by Sondre Lerche
* "[[Needle in the Hay]]", a song from the 1995 album ''[[Elliott Smith (album)|Elliott Smith]]'' by Elliott Smith
* "Needle", a song from the 1991 album ''[[All for One (Screaming Jets album)|All for One]]'' by The Screaming Jets
== Sports ==
* Needle, an inverted cheerleading stunt: see [[List of cheerleading stunts]]
==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''
==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''
===Fictional people===
* Jimmy Needles, character in the video game ''[[TimeSplitters 2]]''
* [[Needle (comics)]], Marvel Comics supervillain
* [[Other Characters in Back to the Future#Douglas J. Needles|Douglas J. Needles]] from ''Back to the Future Part II'' and ''Part III''
==Other==
* ''[[3 Needles]]'', 2005 dramatic film which was directed by Thom Fitzgerald
* [[Eye of a needle]], aphorism used in the religious texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
* [[Needle dam]], a weir designed to maintain the level or flow of a river through the use of thin "needles" of wood
* [[Needle valve]], a type of valve having a small orifice and a threaded, needle-like plunger
* A measuring needle, an indicator on a [[measuring instrument]] or [[dial (measurement)]]
* "The Needler", a weapon used by the [[Covenant (Halo)|Covenant]] in [[Bungie Studios|Bungie]]'s ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
==See also==
* [[Microperforation]]
* [[Eye of the Needle (disambiguation)]]
* [[Needlefish (disambiguation)]]
* [[Needle gun (disambiguation)]]
* [[Needles and Pins]] (disambiguation)
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