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   Iranian
         adj 1: of or relating to Iran or its people or language or
                  culture; "Iranian mountains"; "Iranian security police"
                  [syn: {Iranian}, {Persian}]
         n 1: a native or inhabitant of Iran; "the majority of Irani are
               Persian Shiite Muslims" [syn: {Irani}, {Iranian},
               {Persian}]
         2: the modern Persian language spoken in Iran [syn: {Iranian},
            {Iranian language}]

English Dictionary: Iranian by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iranian capital
n
  1. the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran
    Synonym(s): Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian capital
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iranian dinar
n
  1. 100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran [syn: Iranian dinar, dinar]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iranian language
n
  1. the modern Persian language spoken in Iran [syn: Iranian, Iranian language]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iranian monetary unit
n
  1. monetary unit in Iran
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iranian rial
n
  1. the basic unit of money in Iran [syn: Iranian rial, rial]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
iron man
n
  1. a strong man of exceptional physical endurance [syn: {iron man}, ironman]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
iron manganese tungsten
n
  1. a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks
    Synonym(s): wolframite, iron manganese tungsten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ironing
n
  1. garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed; "there was a basketful of ironing to do"
  2. the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ironing board
n
  1. narrow padded board on collapsible supports; used for ironing clothes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ironman
n
  1. a strong man of exceptional physical endurance [syn: {iron man}, ironman]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ironmonger
n
  1. someone who sells hardware; "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger"
    Synonym(s): ironmonger, hardwareman
  2. a store selling hardware; "in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop"
    Synonym(s): hardware store, ironmonger, ironmonger's shop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ironmonger's shop
n
  1. a store selling hardware; "in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop"
    Synonym(s): hardware store, ironmonger, ironmonger's shop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ironmongery
n
  1. the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iranian \I*ra"ni*an\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Iran. -- n. A native of Iran; also, the
      Iranian or Persian language, a division of the Aryan family
      of languages.

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\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ironed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Ironing}.]
      1. To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to
            smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes
            used with out.
  
      2. To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. [bd]Ironed
            like a malefactor.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
  
      3. To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ironing \I"ron*ing\, n.
      1. The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot
            flatirons.
  
      2. The clothes ironed.
  
      {Ironing board}, a flat board, upon which clothes are laid
            being ironed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ironing \I"ron*ing\, n.
      1. The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot
            flatirons.
  
      2. The clothes ironed.
  
      {Ironing board}, a flat board, upon which clothes are laid
            being ironed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ironmonger \I"ron*mon`ger\, n.
      A dealer in iron or hardware.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ironmongery \I"ron*mon`ger*y\, n.
      Hardware; a general name for all articles made of iron.
      --Gwilt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irremunerable \Ir`re*mu"ner*a*ble\, a. [L. irremunerabilis: cf.
      F. irr[82]mun[82]rable. See {Remunerate}.]
      Not remunerable; not capable of remuneration.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irrenowned \Ir`re*nowned"\, a.
      Not renowned. [Obs.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Iron Mountain, MI (city, FIPS 40960)
      Location: 45.82765 N, 88.06147 W
      Population (1990): 8525 (3789 housing units)
      Area: 18.7 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49801
   Iron Mountain, MO
      Zip code(s): 63650

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Iron Mountain Lake, MO (city, FIPS 35430)
      Location: 37.68508 N, 90.61467 W
      Population (1990): 632 (440 housing units)
      Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   ironmonger n.   [IBM] A hardware specialist (derogatory).
   Compare {sandbender}, {polygon pusher}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Ironman
  
      HOLWG, DoD, Jan 1977, revised Jul 1977.   Fourth of the series
      of DoD requirements that led to Ada.   "Department of Defense
      Requirements for High Order Computer Programming Languages",
      SIGPLAN Notices 12(12):39-54 (Dec 1977).   "Revised Ironman
      Requirements for High Order Computer Programming Languages",
      US Dept of Defense, Jul 1977.   (See Strawman, Woodenman,
      Tinman, Steelman).
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ironmonger
  
      [IBM]   A hardware specialist (derogatory).   Compare
      {sandbender}, {polygon pusher}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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