Acicular: needle-shaped; with a long, slender point.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Dorrin turns from his study of the needle-shaped Black Hammer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magic Engineer]

The fine, needle-shaped leaves to which only very sticky snow will adhere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference

Like a Las Vegas needle-shaped fountain, every bit that goes up comes down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capricorn Solar Eclipse, January 14-15, 2010: Planting the Vision of a People's New World Order] Reference

The needle-shaped crystals in all the plants selected for study were composed of calcium oxalate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference

Nitro-mannite forms white needle-shaped crystals, insoluble in water, but soluble in ether or alcohol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference

Covering the younger branches, but becoming thinner on the older ones, are numerous needle-shaped leaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference

He had stopped the searchlight and illuminated a lonely, needle-shaped rock which jutted high out of the terrain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ghosts of Gol]

Leaf: In young trees the leaf is needle-shaped, pointed, and marked by a white line on its under side, Fig. 12 (a).    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of Trees] Reference

The needle-shaped sample is brought into contact with the ice, the motor is turned on, and the sample rubs against the ice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-02-19] Reference

Behind them all, O monarch, and surrounded by a vast force, was king Jayadratha stationed at one side of that needle-shaped array.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference

The needle-shaped test sample — rubber, say, or perhaps steel -- is placed in a mount which is held in place by deflection arms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-02-19] Reference

You will notice, too, that the leaves, which are needle-shaped and nearly flat, do not grow in clusters, but singly, and that their color is peculiar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among the Trees at Elmridge] Reference

Short, needle-shaped seeds, these were toasted up in a heavy-bottomed skillet before getting crushed in a spice grinder aka small coffee grinder to a powder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Savory Chickpea Flour Pancakes (at the Indian Culinary Institute)] Reference

Mullite grows into long needle-shaped crystals which form a lattice that will reinforce the fired clay in much the same way as iron bars in reinforced concrete.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Refractories] Reference

These are needle-shaped and arranged in clusters with numerous leaves to each cluster in the case of the larch, and feathery and flat in the case of the cypress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of Trees] Reference

The treatment uses to guide the placement of a special needle-shaped electrode into the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

All around the heavens were lit up, and, through the black needle-shaped eye of the symbol, as from the flare of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ayesha, the Return of She] Reference

The appearance of needle-shaped crystals was reported as a "novel and unexpected finding", stated the scientists.    From Wordnik.com.  [NutraIngredients-USA RSS] Reference

In particular, they focused on the needle-shaped ovipositor that these wasps use to deposit eggs into pine trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress.com News] Reference

On sailing in we were struck by the remarkable appearance of the flesh-coloured pinkish rocks, whose needle-shaped points rose up out of the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yacht Voyage Round England] Reference

L'Encuerado put down his load to climb up a needle-shaped rock, the extraordinary position of which reminded us of the celebrated leaning tower of Pisa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English] Reference

Leaves simple, scattered along the season's shoots, clustered on the short, thick dwarf branches, about an inch long, pale green, needle-shaped; apex obtuse; sessile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handbook of the Trees of New England] Reference

Picea abies) are needle-shaped and the arrangement is spiral.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wikibooks - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Branch with needle-shaped leaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handbook of the Trees of New England] Reference

A branch from the tree saying, "Look, see the sharp, needle-shaped thorns growing on the branch!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"] Reference

Scattered, not overlapping, narrowly lanceolate or needle-shaped, sharp-pointed, spreading.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handbook of the Trees of New England] Reference

1 in. apart, composed of short, fulvous bristles, and several long, needle-shaped, unequal, yellowish spines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference