Needle and Pick

Needle

Needle noun - A slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin.

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Pick and needle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pick" instead a noun "Needle".

Nearby Words: needled, needling, needlework

Pick noun - A person or thing that is chosen.

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Needle and pick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Needle" instead a noun "Pick".

Nearby Words: pickle, picky, picked, picket, pickup

full	full needle	full pick
long	long needle	long pick
straight	straight needle	straight pick
simple	simple needle	simple pick
Other adjectives: small, large, little, sharpened, final, last, giant, disposable.

needle people

pick people

Later he finds himself in the ship's hydroponics bay trying to pick them with a cactus needle.

Source: Supernormal Bindings
One species of needle monsters in Eden Green has a long neck ending in a lamprey mouth, which they use to pick up and shred humans.

Source: Lamprey Mouth
Beam Spam: Take your pick — laser beams, force beams, primary beams, energy beams, needle beams, capital force beams, capital primary beams, capital energy beams, second-generation capital force beams, nuclear-pumped X-ray lasers, heterodyne lasers, and don't even get me started on inertial sinks.

Source: Tabletop Game / Starfire

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