HYPODERMICS Synonyms

• the leaf of a conifer

• a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

• a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

• a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

• annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism

• prick with a needle

• lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern

• embroidery consisting of allover embroidered canvas resembling tapestry

• the act of firing a projectile

• a solid missile discharged from a firearm

• (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

• a chance to do something

• a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)

• a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

• the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe

• a small drink of liquor

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• an estimate based on little or no information

• an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera

• sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put

• an explosive charge used in blasting

• a blow hard enough to cause injury

• an attempt to score in a game

• informal words for any attempt or effort

• the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination

• throwing the basketball toward the hoop

• varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

• a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids

• spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe

• a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing

• a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections

• relating to or located below the epidermis

• a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections