Needle 260670 222852325 2008-07-01T12:46:03Z JAnDbot 1725149 robot Removing: ar, da, de, eo, es, fa, he, it, ja, nl {{Wiktionarypar|needle}} {{TOCright}} '''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) {{disambig}} [[cs:Jehla]] [[fr:Aiguille]] [[pl:Igła]] [[ru:Игла (значения)]] [[fi:Neula]] [[sv:Nål]] [[tr:İğne]]