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   needlenose pliers
         n 1: small pliers with long thin jaws for fine work

English Dictionary: needlewoman by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needlewoman
n
  1. someone who makes or mends dresses [syn: dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nataloin \Na*tal"o*in\, n. [From Natal aloes.] (Chem.)
      A bitter crystalline substance constituting the essential
      principle of Natal aloes. Cf. {Aloon}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neat \Neat\, a. [Compar. {Neater}; superl. {Neatest}.] [OE.
      nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf.
      {Nitid}, {Net}, a., {Natty}.]
      1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean;
            cleanly; tidy.
  
                     If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor
                     body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean.
                                                                              --Law.
  
      2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry;
            simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful;
            chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
  
      3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as,
            neat brandy. [bd]Our old wine neat.[b8] --Chapman.
  
      4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice;
            finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
  
      5. With all deductions or allowances made; net.
  
      Note: [In this sense usually written {net}. See {Net}, a.,
               3.]
  
      {neat line} (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be
            built or formed.
  
      {Neat work}, work built or formed to neat lines.
  
      Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Needlewoman \Nee"dle*wom`an\, n.; pl. {Needlewomen}.
      A woman who does needlework; a seamstress.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Needlewoman \Nee"dle*wom`an\, n.; pl. {Needlewomen}.
      A woman who does needlework; a seamstress.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nettle \Net"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nettled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nettling}.]
      To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience
      sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to
      violent anger.
  
               The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this
               affront, that every man took it to himself.
                                                                              --L'Estrange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nettling \Net"tling\, n. (Rope Making)
      (a) A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are
            jointed end so as to form one rope.
      (b) The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs,
            to prevent tangling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nettling \Net"tling\, p. pr. & a.
      Stinging; irritating.
  
      {Nettling cell} (Zo[94]l.), a lasso cell. See under {Lasso}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lasso \Lass"o\ (l[acr]s"s[osl]) n.; pl. {Lassos} (-s[omac]z).
      [Sp. lazo, L. laqueus. See {Lace}.]
      A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used
      for catching horses, cattle, etc.
  
      {Lasso cell} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive
            and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in
            all c[d2]lenterates, and in a few animals of other groups.
            They are most highly developed in the tentacles of
            jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actini[91]. Each of these cells
            is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often
            barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell
            contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same
            time turned inside out. The thread is able to penetrate
            the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and
            carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily
            paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold
            the prey in position, attached to the tentacles. Some of
            the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and
            {Cyanea}, are able to penetrate the human skin, and
            inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also
            {nettling cell}, {cnida}, {cnidocell}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nettling \Net"tling\, p. pr. & a.
      Stinging; irritating.
  
      {Nettling cell} (Zo[94]l.), a lasso cell. See under {Lasso}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lasso \Lass"o\ (l[acr]s"s[osl]) n.; pl. {Lassos} (-s[omac]z).
      [Sp. lazo, L. laqueus. See {Lace}.]
      A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used
      for catching horses, cattle, etc.
  
      {Lasso cell} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive
            and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in
            all c[d2]lenterates, and in a few animals of other groups.
            They are most highly developed in the tentacles of
            jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actini[91]. Each of these cells
            is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often
            barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell
            contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same
            time turned inside out. The thread is able to penetrate
            the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and
            carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily
            paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold
            the prey in position, attached to the tentacles. Some of
            the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and
            {Cyanea}, are able to penetrate the human skin, and
            inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also
            {nettling cell}, {cnida}, {cnidocell}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nettling \Net"tling\, p. pr. & a.
      Stinging; irritating.
  
      {Nettling cell} (Zo[94]l.), a lasso cell. See under {Lasso}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nidulant \Nid"u*lant\, a. [L. nidulans, p. pr.: cf. F.
      {Nidulant}.]
      1. Nestling, as a bird in itss nest.
  
      2. (Bot.) Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or
            pericarp, as in a nest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nodal \Nod"al\, a.
      Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point.
  
      {Nodal line}, {Nodal point}, in a vibrating plate or cord,
            that line or point which remains at rest while the other
            parts of the body are in a state of vibration.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Whiteland, IN (town, FIPS 53874)
      Location: 39.56214 N, 86.09692 W
      Population (1990): 4097 (1343 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46184
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