Venus' comb (Scandix pecten-veneris) / Beggarticks (Bidens spp.)

a magnetic needle suspended at its center of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or inclination

plural of darning needle

(colloquial, rare) Alternative form of darning needle; a dragonfly.

plural of dining needle

plural of touch-needle

A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for testing the purity of gold or silver articles by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.

(cooking) A needle-like tool used to insert small strips of fat into an uncooked roast of meat

A contest between bitter rivals.

Needle-shaped columns of ice formed from groundwater by capillary action when the soil's surface temperature is above freezing and the air's surface temperature is below freezing.