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   nadolol
         n 1: a beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that
               is used to treat hypertension and angina [syn: {nadolol},
               {Corgard}]

English Dictionary: nadolol by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needlelike
adj
  1. ending in a sharp point [syn: acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nettle-leaved bellflower
n
  1. European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat
    Synonym(s): throatwort, nettle-leaved bellflower, Campanula trachelium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nettle-leaved goosefoot
n
  1. European annual with coarsely dentate leaves; widespread in United States and southern Canada
    Synonym(s): nettle-leaved goosefoot, nettleleaf goosefoot, Chenopodium murale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nettleleaf goosefoot
n
  1. European annual with coarsely dentate leaves; widespread in United States and southern Canada
    Synonym(s): nettle-leaved goosefoot, nettleleaf goosefoot, Chenopodium murale
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Needle \Nee"dle\, n. [OE. nedle, AS. n[?]dl; akin to D. neald,
      OS. n[be]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[be]dal, n[be]dala, Icel.
      n[be]l, Sw. n[86]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n[84]hen to
      sew, OHG. n[be]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. [?], and perh. to E.
      snare: cf. Gael. & Ir. snathad needle, Gael. snath thread, G.
      schnur string, cord.]
      1. A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end,
            with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.
            --Chaucer.
  
      Note: In some needles(as for sewing machines) the eye is at
               the pointed end, but in ordinary needles it is at the
               blunt end.
  
      2. See {Magnetic needle}, under {Magnetic}.
  
      3. A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle;
            also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or
            twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in
            the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.
  
      4. (Bot.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine
            trees. See {Pinus}.
  
      5. Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed
            crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
  
      {Dipping needle}. See under {Dipping}.
  
      {Needle bar}, the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a
            sewing machine is attached.
  
      {Needle beam} (Arch.), to shoring, the horizontal cross
            timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon
            which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is
            shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part.
  
      {Needle furze} (Bot.), a prickly leguminous plant of Western
            Europe; the petty whin ({Genista Anglica}).
  
      {Needle gun}, a firearm loaded at the breech with a cartridge
            carrying its own fulminate, which is exploded by driving a
            slender needle, or pin, into it.
  
      {Needle loom} (Weaving), a loom in which the weft thread is
            carried through the shed by a long eye-pointed needle
            instead of by a shuttle.
  
      {Needle ore} (Min.), acicular bismuth; a sulphide of bismuth,
            lead, and copper occuring in acicular crystals; -- called
            also {aikinite}.
  
      {Needle shell} (Zo[94]l.), a sea urchin.
  
      {Needle spar} (Min.), aragonite.
  
      {Needle telegraph}, a telegraph in which the signals are
            given by the deflections of a magnetic needle to the right
            or to the left of a certain position.
  
      {Sea needle} (Zo[94]l.), the garfish.
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