Meanings

chenille

sewing cotton

to pull wires

stark-naked

goldencup St. John's wort (Hypericum patulum)

(doing something) regardless of expense

slub yarn (yarn with lumps, thickening, etc.)

red string of fate

to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)

mitosis

top component of the kanji "thread" radical

kanji "thread" radical at left

to pull (the puppet) strings

waste thread

Yucca smalliana (species of yucca)

glomerulus

Wuchereria bancrofti (species of filaria)

spinneret (of a spider)

spinnerule (small spinning tube on a spinneret)

(doing something) regardless of expense