Anagrams of: NEEDLES

• 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

• a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

• sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons

• in such a manner as could not be otherwise

• permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

• hard to pass through because of dense growth

• having high relative density or specific gravity

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• having component parts closely crowded together

• A sign signifying deletion

• bestow a quality on

• give temporarily; let have for a limited time

• have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to

• A valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet

• A sand dune by the seashore

• a condition requiring relief

• anything that is necessary but lacking

• the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

• a state of extreme poverty or destitution

• require as useful, just, or proper

• have need of

• have or feel a need for