Iran-Iraq War
         n 1: a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and
               Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued
               until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution
               [syn: {Iran-Iraq War}, {Gulf War}]

English Dictionary: Iran-Iraq War	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
iron horse n (c. 1840) an early term for a locomotive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
iron ore n an ore from which iron can be extracted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ironware n instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal [syn: hardware, ironware]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ironwork n work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc); "the houses had much ornamental ironwork"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ironworker n a person who makes articles of iron
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ironworks n the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irenarch \I"re*narch\, n. [L. irenarcha, irenarches, Gr. [?];       [?] peace + [?] to rule.] (Gr. Antiq.)       An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding       to those of a justice of the peace. [Written also       {eirenarch}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Iron \I"ron\ ([imac]"[ucr]rn), a. [AS. [c6]ren, [c6]sen. See       {Iron}, n.]       1. Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar,             dust.          2. Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.          3. Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of             endurance, insensibility, etc.; as:             (a) Rude; hard; harsh; severe.                               Iron years of wars and dangers.   --Rowe.                               Jove crushed the nations with an iron rod.                                                                               --Pope.             (b) Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.             (c) Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.             (d) Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.                   [bd]Him death's iron sleep oppressed.[b8] --Philips.          Note: Iron is often used in composition, denoting made of                iron, relating to iron, of or with iron; producing                iron, etc.; resembling iron, literally or figuratively,                in some of its properties or characteristics; as,                iron-shod, iron-sheathed, iron-fisted, iron-framed,                iron-handed, iron-hearted, iron foundry or                iron-foundry.          {Iron age}.             (a) (Myth.) The age following the golden, silver, and                   bronze ages, and characterized by a general                   degeneration of talent and virtue, and of literary                   excellence. In Roman literature the Iron Age is                   commonly regarded as beginning after the taking of                   Rome by the Goths, A. D. 410.             (b) (Arch[91]ol.) That stage in the development of any                   people characterized by the use of iron implements in                   the place of the more cumbrous stone and bronze.          {Iron cement}, a cement for joints, composed of cast-iron             borings or filings, sal ammoniac, etc.          {Iron clay} (Min.), a yellowish clay containing a large             proportion of an ore of iron.          {Iron cross}, a Prussian order of military merit; also, the             decoration of the order.          {Iron crown}, a golden crown set with jewels, belonging             originally to the Lombard kings, and indicating the             dominion of Italy. It was so called from containing a             circle said to have been forged from one of the nails in             the cross of Christ.          {Iron flint} (Min.), an opaque, flintlike, ferruginous             variety of quartz.          {Iron founder}, a maker of iron castings.          {Iron foundry}, the place where iron castings are made.          {Iron furnace}, a furnace for reducing iron from the ore, or             for melting iron for castings, etc.; a forge; a             reverberatory; a bloomery.          {Iron glance} (Min.), hematite.          {Iron hat}, a headpiece of iron or steel, shaped like a hat             with a broad brim, and used as armor during the Middle             Ages.          {Iron horse}, a locomotive engine. [Colloq.]          {Iron liquor}, a solution of an iron salt, used as a mordant             by dyers.          {Iron man} (Cotton Manuf.), a name for the self-acting             spinning mule.          {Iron} {mold [or] mould}, a yellow spot on cloth stained by             rusty iron.          {Iron ore} (Min.), any native compound of iron from which the             metal may be profitably extracted. The principal ores are             magnetite, hematite, siderite, limonite, G[94]thite,             turgite, and the bog and clay iron ores.          {Iron pyrites} (Min.), common pyrites, or pyrite. See             {Pyrites}.          {Iron sand}, an iron ore in grains, usually the magnetic iron             ore, formerly used to sand paper after writing.          {Iron scale}, the thin film which on the surface of wrought             iron in the process of forging. It consists essentially of             the magnetic oxide of iron, {Fe3O4>}.          {Iron works}, a furnace where iron is smelted, or a forge,             rolling mill, or foundry, where it is made into heavy             work, such as shafting, rails, cannon, merchant bar, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant.          {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]          {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root.          {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron.          {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for             calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds             of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the                   Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the                   Mediterranean.             (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}).             (c) The scad.             (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,                   as the California hake, the black candlefish, the                   jurel, the bluefish, etc.          {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a             mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]          {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola             modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and             America.          {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the             {Solanum Carolinense}.          {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}.          {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical             America ({Trianthema monogymnum}).          {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running             or trotting.          {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses.          {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by             horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,             called a {tramway}.          {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded             wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.          {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]          {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman.          {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge             ({Spongia equina}).          {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]                      {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the             United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are             sweet, and good for fodder.          {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect             ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting             them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly},             {horse louse}, and {forest fly}.          {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H.             comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; --             called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of             its pods.          {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.]          {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef.          {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of             a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to             ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a             critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.          {To take horse}.             (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.             (b) To be covered, as a mare.             (c) See definition 7 (above).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Iron \I"ron\ ([imac]"[ucr]rn), a. [AS. [c6]ren, [c6]sen. See       {Iron}, n.]       1. Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar,             dust.          2. Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.          3. Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of             endurance, insensibility, etc.; as:             (a) Rude; hard; harsh; severe.                               Iron years of wars and dangers.   --Rowe.                               Jove crushed the nations with an iron rod.                                                                               --Pope.             (b) Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.             (c) Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.             (d) Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.                   [bd]Him death's iron sleep oppressed.[b8] --Philips.          Note: Iron is often used in composition, denoting made of                iron, relating to iron, of or with iron; producing                iron, etc.; resembling iron, literally or figuratively,                in some of its properties or characteristics; as,                iron-shod, iron-sheathed, iron-fisted, iron-framed,                iron-handed, iron-hearted, iron foundry or                iron-foundry.          {Iron age}.             (a) (Myth.) The age following the golden, silver, and                   bronze ages, and characterized by a general                   degeneration of talent and virtue, and of literary                   excellence. In Roman literature the Iron Age is                   commonly regarded as beginning after the taking of                   Rome by the Goths, A. D. 410.             (b) (Arch[91]ol.) That stage in the development of any                   people characterized by the use of iron implements in                   the place of the more cumbrous stone and bronze.          {Iron cement}, a cement for joints, composed of cast-iron             borings or filings, sal ammoniac, etc.          {Iron clay} (Min.), a yellowish clay containing a large             proportion of an ore of iron.          {Iron cross}, a Prussian order of military merit; also, the             decoration of the order.          {Iron crown}, a golden crown set with jewels, belonging             originally to the Lombard kings, and indicating the             dominion of Italy. It was so called from containing a             circle said to have been forged from one of the nails in             the cross of Christ.          {Iron flint} (Min.), an opaque, flintlike, ferruginous             variety of quartz.          {Iron founder}, a maker of iron castings.          {Iron foundry}, the place where iron castings are made.          {Iron furnace}, a furnace for reducing iron from the ore, or             for melting iron for castings, etc.; a forge; a             reverberatory; a bloomery.          {Iron glance} (Min.), hematite.          {Iron hat}, a headpiece of iron or steel, shaped like a hat             with a broad brim, and used as armor during the Middle             Ages.          {Iron horse}, a locomotive engine. [Colloq.]          {Iron liquor}, a solution of an iron salt, used as a mordant             by dyers.          {Iron man} (Cotton Manuf.), a name for the self-acting             spinning mule.          {Iron} {mold [or] mould}, a yellow spot on cloth stained by             rusty iron.          {Iron ore} (Min.), any native compound of iron from which the             metal may be profitably extracted. The principal ores are             magnetite, hematite, siderite, limonite, G[94]thite,             turgite, and the bog and clay iron ores.          {Iron pyrites} (Min.), common pyrites, or pyrite. See             {Pyrites}.          {Iron sand}, an iron ore in grains, usually the magnetic iron             ore, formerly used to sand paper after writing.          {Iron scale}, the thin film which on the surface of wrought             iron in the process of forging. It consists essentially of             the magnetic oxide of iron, {Fe3O4>}.          {Iron works}, a furnace where iron is smelted, or a forge,             rolling mill, or foundry, where it is made into heavy             work, such as shafting, rails, cannon, merchant bar, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Iron \I"ron\ ([imac]"[ucr]rn), a. [AS. [c6]ren, [c6]sen. See       {Iron}, n.]       1. Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar,             dust.          2. Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.          3. Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of             endurance, insensibility, etc.; as:             (a) Rude; hard; harsh; severe.                               Iron years of wars and dangers.   --Rowe.                               Jove crushed the nations with an iron rod.                                                                               --Pope.             (b) Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.             (c) Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.             (d) Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.                   [bd]Him death's iron sleep oppressed.[b8] --Philips.          Note: Iron is often used in composition, denoting made of                iron, relating to iron, of or with iron; producing                iron, etc.; resembling iron, literally or figuratively,                in some of its properties or characteristics; as,                iron-shod, iron-sheathed, iron-fisted, iron-framed,                iron-handed, iron-hearted, iron foundry or                iron-foundry.          {Iron age}.             (a) (Myth.) The age following the golden, silver, and                   bronze ages, and characterized by a general                   degeneration of talent and virtue, and of literary                   excellence. In Roman literature the Iron Age is                   commonly regarded as beginning after the taking of                   Rome by the Goths, A. D. 410.             (b) (Arch[91]ol.) That stage in the development of any                   people characterized by the use of iron implements in                   the place of the more cumbrous stone and bronze.          {Iron cement}, a cement for joints, composed of cast-iron             borings or filings, sal ammoniac, etc.          {Iron clay} (Min.), a yellowish clay containing a large             proportion of an ore of iron.          {Iron cross}, a Prussian order of military merit; also, the             decoration of the order.          {Iron crown}, a golden crown set with jewels, belonging             originally to the Lombard kings, and indicating the             dominion of Italy. It was so called from containing a             circle said to have been forged from one of the nails in             the cross of Christ.          {Iron flint} (Min.), an opaque, flintlike, ferruginous             variety of quartz.          {Iron founder}, a maker of iron castings.          {Iron foundry}, the place where iron castings are made.          {Iron furnace}, a furnace for reducing iron from the ore, or             for melting iron for castings, etc.; a forge; a             reverberatory; a bloomery.          {Iron glance} (Min.), hematite.          {Iron hat}, a headpiece of iron or steel, shaped like a hat             with a broad brim, and used as armor during the Middle             Ages.          {Iron horse}, a locomotive engine. [Colloq.]          {Iron liquor}, a solution of an iron salt, used as a mordant             by dyers.          {Iron man} (Cotton Manuf.), a name for the self-acting             spinning mule.          {Iron} {mold [or] mould}, a yellow spot on cloth stained by             rusty iron.          {Iron ore} (Min.), any native compound of iron from which the             metal may be profitably extracted. The principal ores are             magnetite, hematite, siderite, limonite, G[94]thite,             turgite, and the bog and clay iron ores.          {Iron pyrites} (Min.), common pyrites, or pyrite. See             {Pyrites}.          {Iron sand}, an iron ore in grains, usually the magnetic iron             ore, formerly used to sand paper after writing.          {Iron scale}, the thin film which on the surface of wrought             iron in the process of forging. It consists essentially of             the magnetic oxide of iron, {Fe3O4>}.          {Iron works}, a furnace where iron is smelted, or a forge,             rolling mill, or foundry, where it is made into heavy             work, such as shafting, rails, cannon, merchant bar, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Iron works \I"ron works`\       See under {Iron}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ironer \I"ron*er\, n.       One who, or that which, irons.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Iron-hearted \I"ron-heart`ed\, a.       Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master.       --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ironware \I"ron*ware`\, n.       Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the       like.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ironwork \I"ron*work`\, n.       Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts or       pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of       iron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ironwort \I"ron*wort`\, n. (Bot.)       An herb of the Mint family ({Sideritis}), supposed to heal       sword cuts; also, a species of {Galeopsis}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Iron Ridge, WI (village, FIPS 37150)       Location: 43.39756 N, 88.53206 W       Population (1990): 887 (317 housing units)       Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 53035
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Iron River, MI (city, FIPS 40980)       Location: 46.09884 N, 88.63820 W       Population (1990): 2095 (1107 housing units)       Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49935    Iron River, WI       Zip code(s): 54847