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Acicular
adjective · 78% connection
Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Acupuncture
noun · 78% connection
Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Blunt
noun · 78% connection
A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Bobbin
noun · 78% connection
A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Bodkin
noun · 78% connection
A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Cable
noun · 78% connection
A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension brid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Cloth
noun · 78% connection
A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Darn
verb · 78% connection
To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Filigree
noun · 78% connection
Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Fly
verb · 78% connection
The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Hollow
adjective · 78% connection
Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Interior
adjective · 78% connection
Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior ap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Length
adjective · 78% connection
The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Ligature
noun · 78% connection
A thread or wire used to remove tumors, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Needle
noun · 78% connection
A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
needleful
noun · 78% connection
As much thread as is used in a needle at one time.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
Passage
verb · 78% connection
The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the pas…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, affording, passage, interior, length.
