Sickle definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SICKLE, n. [Gr. Vaiclh, Vagclon; L. sicula, from the root of ... teeth; used for cutting grain. Thou shalt not move a sickle to thy neighbor's standing corn. Deutoronomy 23. WordNet (r ... crops; has a curved blade and a short handle [syn: sickle, reaping hook, reap hook] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology ... Middle English sikel, from Old English sicol, from Latin secula sickle, from secare to cut — more at saw Date: before 12th ... elements II. adjective Date: 1688 having the form of a sickle blade ; having a curve similar to that of a ...
sickle-cell anemia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape [syn: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent- cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia ... characterized especially by episodic blocking of small blood vessels by sickle cells — called also sickle-cell disease Britannica Concise Serious hemoglobinopathy seen mainly in ...
sickle-cell anaemia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape [syn: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent- cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia ... drepanocytic anaemia] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Note: in AM, use 'sickle-cell anemia' Sickle-cell anaemia is an inherited illness in which the ...
sickle alfalfa definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods [syn: sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Medicago falcata]
Sickle pod definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sickle Sic"kle, n. [OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D ... hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always ... Reaping hook, under Reap. When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the sunshine. --Shak. 2 ... of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo. Sickle pod (Bot.), a kind of rock cress (Arabis Canadensis) having ...
sickle medick definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods [syn: sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Medicago falcata]
sickle lucerne definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods [syn: sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Medicago falcata]
yellow-leaf sickle pine definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew [syn: yellow-leaf sickle pine, Falcatifolium taxoides]
sickle-shaped definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon" [syn: falcate, falciform, sickle- shaped] Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Falcate, falcated ...
sickle-cell trait definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1928 an ... blood condition in which some red blood cells tend to sickle but usually not enough to produce anemia and that occurs ...
sickle-billed hummer definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sicklebill Sic"kle ... have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer. (b) A curlew. (c) A bird of the ...
common sickle pine definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small ... tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia [syn: common sickle pine, Falcatifolium falciforme]
hammer and sickle definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the emblem ... Date: 1921 an emblem consisting of a crossed hammer and sickle used especially as a symbol of Soviet Communism Moby Thesaurus ...