Sickle
111sickle bar — noun 1. : cutter bar 2. : the complete cutting mechanism of any grain harvester consisting of the sickle, the guards and ledger plates, and the bar to which they are attached …
112sickle-grass — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a stout 3 angled sedge (Carex crinita) of eastern No. America with dense drooping sickle shaped spikes 2. : a tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium) …
113sickle hock — noun : a hock (as of a horse) that is much flexed with the foot far under the body • sickle hocked | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective …
114sickle-tailed — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : having a tail carried curved like a sickle …
115sickle-hammed — adjective see sickle ham …
116sickle cell anemia — Pathol. a chronic hereditary blood disease, occurring primarily among Africans or persons of African descent, in which abnormal hemoglobin causes red blood cells to become sickle shaped and nonfunctional, characterized by enlarged spleen, chronic …
117sickle cell trait — Pathol. the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia. Also called sicklemia. [1925 30] …
118sickle — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. scythe, *bushwhacker, grass cutter, cutting implement …
119sickle — sick|le [ˈsıkəl] n [: Old English; Origin: sicol] a tool with a blade in the shape of a hook, used for cutting wheat or long grass …
120sickle — sb. Fr. Sci. 62. AS. sicel …