Sickle
11Sickle — RT 2PM Topol auf Basis eines MAZ 7917 Die RS 12M Topol (NATO Codename SS 25 Sickle, GRAU Index 15Sch58) ist eine fahrzeuggebundene, ballistische Interkontinentalrakete (ICBM) aus sowjetischer Produktion. Der Systemindex der Streitkräfte lautet RT …
12sickle — /sik euhl/, n. 1. an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle. 2. (cap.) Astron. a group of stars in the constellation Leo, likened to this implement in formation. [bef. 1000; ME… …
13sickle — [OE] A sickle is etymologically a ‘cutting’ tool. Like its close relatives German sichel and Dutch zikkel, it originated in a prehistoric Germanic borrowing of Latin secula ‘sickle’. This was a derivative of the verb secāre ‘cut’ (source of… …
14sickle — [OE] A sickle is etymologically a ‘cutting’ tool. Like its close relatives German sichel and Dutch zikkel, it originated in a prehistoric Germanic borrowing of Latin secula ‘sickle’. This was a derivative of the verb secāre ‘cut’ (source of… …
15Sickle — Of the Egyptians resembled that in modern use. The ears of corn were cut with it near the top of the straw. There was also a sickle used for warlike purposes, more correctly, however, called a pruning hook (Deut. 16:9; Jer. 50:16, marg.,… …
16sickle — sick|le [ sıkl ] noun count 1. ) a tool for cutting down grass and tall plants, consisting of a long curved blade and a handle 2. ) MAINLY BRITISH LITERARY a curved shape => HAMMER AND SICKLE …
17sickle — [[t]sɪ̱k(ə)l[/t]] sickles N COUNT A sickle is a tool that is used for cutting grass and grain crops. It has a short handle and a long curved blade …
18sickle cell — n 1) an abnormal red blood cell of crescent shape 2) a condition characterized by sickle cells: SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL TRAIT * * * see drepanocyte * * * an erythrocyte shaped like a sickle or crescent owing to the presence of …
19sickle-cell disease — n SICKLE CELL ANEMIA * * * a hereditary blood disease that mainly affects people of African ancestry but also occurs in the Mediterranean region and reaches high frequencies in parts of Saudi Arabia and India. It occurs when the sickle cell gene… …
20Sickle-winged Chat — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kin …
