Term: magnetic needle: a slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a mounting with little friction; used to indicate the direction of the earth's magnetic pole
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: ivory: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: elephantopus: perennial American herb
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: millionth: position 1,000,000 in a countable series of things
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: lao: a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: pine vole: short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: landslide: a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: hone: a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: bowling: (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: haunt: a frequently visited place
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: religious right: United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools