English words: iron brew to irrefutable
300 English words, part 67 of 77 of the words starting with I, A to Z. 39 have a page of their own.
English words iron brew to irrefutable
- iron brew noun: An orange-coloured Scottish carbonated soft drink.
- iron bridge noun: A bridge made of iron (any combination of cast iron and wrought iron), unlike newer metal bridges, which are made of steel.
- iron buff noun: A yellow ancient artificial iron oxide made by oxidating iron in vinegar, one of the oldest man-made pigments, often used in staining textiles.
- iron butterfly noun: A combination of four options, including two calls and two puts, that replicates the payoff of a butterfly.
- iron cage noun: A theory proposed by Max Weber which argues that rationalization and rules trap humans in a figurative "cage" of thought.
- iron carbide noun: A compound of iron with carbon (Fe₃C).
- iron cement noun: A cement for joints, composed of cast-iron borings or filings, sal ammoniac, etc.
- iron chink noun: An automated machine that processes fish for canning.
- iron-clad adjective: Alternative form of ironclad.
- iron clay noun: A yellowish clay containing a large quantity of iron ore.
- iron condor noun: A combination of four options, including both calls and puts, that yields the same payoff as a condor.
- iron cross noun: A position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.
- iron curtain noun /ˌaɪən ˈkɜːtn̩/: A barrier made of iron in a theatre, lowered between the stage and the auditorium for fire safety or to prevent communication.
- iron deficiency noun: The state in which a body lacks enough iron to supply its needs.
- iron eagle noun: An American military officer who has attained the rank of colonel but will not be promoted to the rank of general.
- iron fall noun: an iron meteorite, especially one whose descent was observed.
- iron filings noun: small fragments of iron, filed from a bar; used to visualize the presence of a magnetic field, and as a food additive
- iron fist noun: An army's tank or cavalry branch.
- iron-fistedness noun: Synonym of heavy-handedness
- iron flint noun: An opaque, flint-like, ferruginous variety of quartz.
- iron-gall ink noun: gall-nut ink
- iron game noun: Weightlifting.
- iron gray adjective, noun: A dark gray colour, with a tint of green, like iron freshly cut or broken.
- iron grey adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of iron gray.
- iron group noun: Row 4 (period 4) of the periodic table, or a large subset thereof.
- Iron Guardist noun: A member of the Iron Guard.
- iron gum noun: Any of various eucalypts of eastern Australia known for their hard wood.
- iron hand noun: Firmness, inflexibility, sternness.
- iron handedly adverb: Alternative form of ironhandedly.
- iron-handedness noun: Synonym of heavy-handedness: the property or state of being iron-handed.
- iron harvest noun: The annual "harvest" of unexploded ordnance, barbed wire, shrapnel, bullets and trench supports from World War I collected by Belgian and French farmers...
- iron-hearted adjective: Synonym of hardhearted.
- iron-heartedness noun: The quality of being iron-hearted.
- iron heater noun: The piece of metal heated in the fire for a box iron.
- iron heel noun: Synonym of iron fist.
- iron hoof noun: A poof (a male homosexual).
- iron horse noun: A railroad steam locomotive.
- iron house noun: prison
- iron(II) carbonate noun: Synonym of siderite (“a widespread brown mineral, FeCO₃”)
- iron(II) chloride noun: Synonym of ferrous chloride.
- iron(II,III) oxide noun: The chemical compound Fe₃O₄.
- iron(II) oxide noun: FeO, the form of iron oxide in which the iron has a valence of +2.
- iron(II) sulfate noun: The green, crystalline salt of divalent iron and sulfuric acid, FeSO₄, chiefly used as a pigment and in water treatment.
- iron(II) sulphate noun: Alternative spelling of iron(II) sulfate.
- iron(III) chloride noun: Synonym of ferric chloride.
- iron(III) oxide noun: Fe₂O₃, the form of iron oxide in which the iron has a valence of +3.
- iron(III) sulfate noun: The crystalline salt of trivalent iron and sulfuric acid, Fe₂(SO₄)₃.
- iron(III) sulphate noun: Alternative form of iron(III) sulfate.
- iron lady noun: A strong-willed and unrelenting female leader.
- iron law noun: A principle that is irrefutable.
- iron liquor noun: A solution of iron acetate, used as a mordant by dyers.
- iron lung noun: A pneumonic device for assisted breathing.
- iron maiden noun: A falsely or neo-medieval torture device invented in the 18th century consisting of a chamber lined with spikes which closes upon and impales the victim inside.
- iron man noun: Alternative form of ironman.
- iron meteorite noun: Any of a class of meteorite that is composed mostly of iron and nickel alloys
- Iron Mike noun: A gyrocompass.
- iron mine noun: A mine from which iron ore or ferriferous minerals are mined.
- iron montmorillonite noun: Alternative form of Fe-montmorillonite.
- iron mould noun: The yellow discoloration of cloth by rusty iron.
- iron oak noun: A blue oak (Quercus douglasii).
- iron ore noun: A mineral deposit from which iron can be viably extracted.
- iron out verb: To remove (a crease or creases) with an iron.
- iron oxide noun: Synonym of iron(II) oxide.
- iron pyrite noun: Synonym of pyrite.
- iron pyrites noun: Synonym of pyrite.
- iron ration noun: An emergency ration given to soldiers in the early 20th century, consisting of cakes made from beef bouillon powder and wheat; chocolate; and packets of...
- iron rice bowl noun: A guaranteed state job in China that lasts until retirement and pays a pension until death.
- iron-rich adjective: Containing high levels of iron.
- iron ring noun: The symbol of a Canadian engineer. A faceted stainless steel or iron ring worn on the little finger of the dominant hand, signifying a trained Canadian...
- iron road noun: A railway.
- iron saffron noun: Indian red
- iron sand noun: Alternative form of ironsand (“sand with iron content”).
- iron scale noun: The thin film that forms on the surface of wrought iron in the process of forging. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide of iron.
- iron-shod adjective: Of a horse, shod with iron horseshoes.
- iron-shot adjective: Alternative form of ironshot.
- iron sick adjective: Denoting ironwork that loose or corroded; said of a ship where the bolts and nails are so degraded with rust as to cause leaks.
- iron sulfate noun: Synonym of iron(II) sulfate.
- iron sulfide noun: Alternative spelling of iron sulphide.
- iron-sulfur cluster noun: A unit comprising two or more iron atoms and bridging sulfur ligands in an iron-sulfur protein.
- iron-sulfur protein noun: Any protein in which iron is coordinated with cysteine sulfur and sometimes also with inorganic sulfur; they have electron transfer and enzymatic function.
- iron sulphate noun: Alternative form of iron sulfate, variously intending either iron(II) sulphate or iron(III) sulphate.
- iron sulphide noun: Any of a range of chemical compounds consisting of iron and sulphur.
- iron-sulphur cluster noun: Alternative spelling of iron-sulfur cluster.
- iron-sulphur protein noun: Alternative spelling of iron-sulfur protein.
- iron triangle noun: The policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy (executive, sometimes called “government agencies”), and interest groups...
- iron vitriol noun: Synonym of iron(II) sulfate.
- iron-willed adjective: Extremely strong-willed.
- iron works noun: Alternative spelling of ironworks.
- ironable adjective: Capable of being ironed.
- ironbark noun /ˈʌɪənbɑːk/: Any of several unrelated eucalypts that have dark, deeply furrowed bark.
- ironbound adjective: Bound with iron, ironclad.
- Ironbridge proper noun: A village in The Gorge parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6703).
- ironcaps spider orchid noun: Caladenia paradoxa, a species of spider orchid found in Western Australia.
- ironclad adjective, noun: Covered with iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal; armor-plated.
- ironclad beetle noun: Any beetle of the subfamily Zopherinae which have exceedingly durable exoskeletons.
- Irondequoit proper noun: A town in Monroe County, New York, United States.
- irone noun: Any of several ketones, or a mixture of such, found in orris oil (oil extracted from iris roots), used as odorants in perfumes.
- ironed adjective, verb: Proivided with, or strengthened by, iron; shod with iron.
- ironedetate noun: feredetate
- ironer noun: Someone who irons, someone who does ironing.
- ironfield noun: An area where ironstone or iron ore is quarried or mined.
- ironfistedness noun: Alternative form of iron-fistedness
- ironfounder noun: One who founds (makes castings) in iron.
- ironfounding noun: The activity of founding iron in an iron foundry.
- ironhandedly adverb: In an ironhanded manner; strictly and harshly.
- ironhandedness noun: Alternative form of iron-handedness.
- ironhead noun: Synonym of knapweed.
- ironhearted adjective: Alternative form of iron-hearted.
- ironheartedness noun: Alternative form of iron-heartedness.
- ironic adjective /aɪˈɹɒn.ɪk/: Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
- ironic error noun: A blunder that occurs as the result of a strenuous effort to avoid it, such as spilling a drink because one is concentrating on not doing so.
- ironic process theory noun: The theory of the psychological process whereby deliberate attempts to suppress certain thoughts make them more likely to surface.
- ironical adjective /aɪˈɹɒnɪkəl/: Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
- ironically adverb /aɪˈɹɒnɪkli/: In an ironic manner; in a way displaying irony.
- ironicalness noun: irony; the quality of being ironical.
- ironice adverb: ironically
- ironicise verb: Alternative form of ironicize.
- ironing noun, verb: The act of pressing clothes with an iron, such as a steam iron.
- ironing basket noun: a laundry basket for clean clothes.
- ironing board noun: A long board, often covered with fabric and having legs that are usually collapsible, on which one can iron clothes.
- ironing cloth noun: Synonym of pressing cloth.
- ironing pad noun: Synonym of pressing cloth.
- ironise verb: Alternative spelling of ironize.
- ironiser noun: Someone who speaks ironically
- ironish adjective: Resembling iron.
- ironism noun: A state of doubt regarding one's own "vocabulary" (set of communicative beliefs) that cannot be removed by making arguments in that vocabulary.
- ironist noun /ˈaɪɹənɪst/: Someone who uses irony in humor.
- ironize verb /ˈaɪɹənaɪz/: To use irony.
- ironless adjective: Without iron.
- ironlike adjective: Resembling iron or some aspect of it.
- ironmaker noun: A manufacturer of iron from its ores; one who carries out ironmaking.
- ironmaking noun: The making of iron (from an ore)
- ironman noun: An extremely tough and strong athlete, especially one who competes in extreme athletic competitions or in a large number of games consecutively.
- ironmaster noun: A manufacturer of iron
- ironmine noun: Alternative spelling of iron mine.
- ironmonger noun /ˈaɪə(ɹ)nˌmʌŋɡə(ɹ)/: A retailer of hardware, tools, and household goods.
- ironmongeress noun: A female ironmonger.
- ironmongering noun: The trade of an ironmonger.
- ironmongery noun: Tools and hardware that can be bought in an ironmonger's shop.
- ironmongress noun: Alternative form of ironmongeress.
- ironness noun: Quality of being iron.
- ironomyiid noun: Any fly of the family Ironomyiidae.
- ironperson noun: An ironman or ironwoman.
- ironrich adjective: Alternative form of iron-rich
- irons noun, verb /ˈaɪ.ənz/: Shackles.
- irons in the fire noun: Tasks in progress; involvement in ongoing projects.
- ironsand noun: A type of black sand with a high iron content, found on many west coast beaches in New Zealand, as well as elsewhere.
- ironshod adjective: Of a stick or cane: covered in iron at one end.
- ironshot adjective: streaked, speckled, or marked with iron or an iron ore
- ironsick adjective: Alternative form of iron-sick.
- ironside noun: A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War.
- ironsmith noun: A blacksmith (who makes articles from iron)
- ironsmithing noun: The work of an ironsmith or blacksmith.
- ironsmithy noun: The trade of an ironsmith.
- ironstone noun: Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.
- Ironton proper noun: A ghost town in Colorado.
- ironware noun: Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like.
- ironweed noun: Any of certain species of the genus Vernonia of forbs and shrubs.
- ironwoman noun: An extremely tough and strong female athlete.
- ironwood noun: Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia stenophylla, or Erythrophleum chlorostachys.
- ironwork noun: Anything made wholly or largely of iron, especially when used for decoration.
- ironworked adjective: Made from, or decorated with, ironwork.
- ironworker noun: A skilled construction worker who assembles the metal frame of buildings, especially large commercial ones such as warehouses and skyscrapers.
- ironworking noun: The making of useful or decorative items from iron.
- ironworks noun: A factory in which iron is manufactured or iron goods are made.
- ironwort noun: A herb of several species in the genus Sideritis, formerly believed to heal sword cuts.
- irony adjective, noun /ˈaɪə.ɹə.ni/: The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use...
- irony mark noun: The proposed punctuation mark ؟ or ⸮, used to suggest irony or sarcasm in a question.
- ironym noun: An ironic pseudonym.
- Iroquese adjective, noun: Synonym of Iroquois
- Iroquoian adjective, noun /ɪrəˈkwɔɪən/: Of or pertaining to a Native American language family including the Iroquois and Cherokee.
- Iroquoianist adjective, noun: An expert in the study of the Iroquois Confederacy or of Iroquoian languages.
- Iroquois adjective, noun /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɔɪ/: A member of a confederacy of (originally) five Native American (Indian) tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas.
- Iroquoisness noun: The quality or state of being Iroquois.
- irori noun: A traditional sunken hearth common in Japan, used to heat the home and to cook food.
- IRP noun: Initialism of I/O request packet.
- IRQ noun: Initialism of interrupt request.
- IRQL noun: Initialism of interrupt request level.
- IRR noun: Abbreviation of irregular galaxy.
- irradiance noun /ɪˈɹeɪ.di.əns/: The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
- irradiancy noun: Synonym of irradiance.
- irradiant adjective: That radiates light
- irradiate adjective, verb /ɪˈɹeɪdɪət/: Made brilliant or bright; irradiated, illuminated.
- irradiated adjective, verb: Emitted outwards from a centre like rays.
- irradiatedst verb: (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of irradiate
- irradiatingly adverb: So as to irradiate.
- irradiation noun /ɪˌɹeɪdiˈeɪʃən/: a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents.
- irradiation illusion noun: An optical illusion in which a light area of the visual field looks larger than an otherwise identical dark area.
- irradiation sickness noun: Synonym of radiation sickness.
- irradiative adjective: That irradiates.
- irradiator noun: A device used to irradiate.
- irradicable adjective: Incapable of being rooted out or eradicated.
- irradicably adverb: In an irradicable manner.
- irradicate verb /ɪˈɹædɪkeɪt/: to root deeply
- irradiometer noun: An instrument for measuring irradiation.
- irrationability noun: irrationality; lack of reason
- irrationable adjective: Not rational.
- irrationably adverb: Irrationally.
- irrational adjective, noun /ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/: Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed.
- irrational number noun: Any real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers.
- irrationalise verb: Alternative form of irrationalize.
- irrationalism noun: A philosophical movement formed as a cultural reaction against positivism in the early 20th century.
- irrationalist noun: A practitioner or adherent of irrationalism.
- irrationalistic adjective: Of or relating to irrationalism.
- irrationality noun /ɪˌɹæʃ.əˈnæl.ə.ti/: The state of being illogical or absurd.
- irrationalize verb: To make irrational.
- irrationally adverb /ɪəˈɹæ.ʃə.nə.li/: In an irrational manner; without reason; in a manner contrary to reason
- irrationalness noun: The quality of being irrational.
- Irrawaddy proper noun /ˈɪɹəˌwɑdi/: A river that flows through Burma (Myanmar).
- Irrawaddy dolphin noun: Orcaella brevirostris, a euryhaline oceanic dolphin found in discontinuous subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of...
- irreal adjective /ɪˈɹiːəl/: Synonym of intangible, immaterial, not composed of things, having no concrete existence.
- irrealis adjective, noun /ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs/: Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.
- irrealis mood noun: A category of grammatical moods that indicate that a certain situation or action is not known to happen, or have happened, as the speaker is talking.
- irrealisable adjective: Alternative form of irrealizable.
- irrealism noun: The belief that phenomenalism and physicalism are alternative "world-versions", both useful in some circumstances, but neither capable of fully capturing...
- irrealistic adjective: In the style of irrealism.
- irreality noun: Unreality.
- irrealizable adjective: Synonym of unrealizable.
- irrebuttable adjective: Not rebuttable.
- irreceptive adjective: Not receiving or receptive, or incapable of receiving.
- irreceptivity noun: The quality of being irreceptive.
- irreciprocal adjective: Not reciprocal.
- irreciprocally adverb: In an irreciprocal manner; by not giving back some expected response.
- irreciprocity noun /ɪˌrɛsɪˈprɒsɪtɪ/: The lack of reciprocity.
- irreclaimability noun: Synonym of irreclaimableness
- irreclaimable adjective: Incapable of being reclaimed; not reclaimable.
- irreclaimableness noun: The quality of being irreclaimable.
- irreclaimably adverb: In an irreclaimable manner.
- irreclaimed adjective: Unreclaimed.
- irrecognisable adjective: Alternative spelling of irrecognizable.
- irrecognition noun: A failure to recognize; absence of recognition.
- irrecognizable adjective /ɪˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbəl/: Unable to be recognized.
- irrecompensable adjective: Not recompensable.
- irreconcilability noun: The quality of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness.
- irreconcilable adjective, noun: Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
- irreconcilable differences noun: Grounds for a no-fault divorce comprising a difference between the two parties that cannot or will not be changed.
- irreconcilableness noun: The quality of being irreconcilable
- irreconcilably adverb: In an irreconcilable manner; so as to preclude reconciliation.
- irreconcile verb: To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect.
- irreconcileable adjective: Alternative form of irreconcilable.
- irreconciled adjective, verb: Not reconciled.
- irreconcilement noun: the state or quality of being unreconciled or irreconcilable; disagreement
- irreconciliable adjective: Alternative form of irreconcilable.
- irreconciliableness noun: The quality of being irreconciliable.
- irreconciliation noun: Lack of reconciliation; disagreement
- irrecondite adjective: Not recondite; well-known.
- irrecordable adjective: Alternative form of unrecordable.
- irrecoverability noun: Quality of being irrecoverable.
- irrecoverable adjective: Not recoverable; incapable of being recovered
- irrecoverableness noun: irrecoverability; the state or quality of being irrecoverable.
- irrecoverably adverb: In an irrecoverable manner; beyond recovery.
- irrecuperable adjective: Incapable of being recuperated
- irrecuperably adverb: In an irrecuperable way.
- irrecusable adjective: That cannot be challenged or objected to
- irrecusably adverb: In an irrecusable manner.
- irred. adjective: Abbreviation of irreducible.
- irredeemability noun: The state or quality of being irredeemable.
- irredeemable adjective, noun /ɪɹəˈdiːməbəl/: Not redeemable; not able to be restored, recovered, revoked, or escaped.
- irredeemableness noun: The quality of being irredeemable.
- irredeemably adverb: In an irredeemable manner; beyond redemption.
- irredeemed adjective: Not redeemed; unredeemed.
- irredenta noun: Any region whose inhabitants are ethnically related to those of another state
- irredentism noun /ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪzəm/: A nationalistic doctrine advocating the annexation of foreign lands with historic or ethnic links.
- irredentist adjective, noun /ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪst/: Someone who calls for the seizure or recovery of territories or states currently subject to other countries; an adherent of irredentism.
- irredentistic adjective: irredentist
- irreducibility noun: The quality or degree of being irreducible.
- irreducible adjective, noun /ˌɪɹɪˈdjuːsɪbəl/: Not able to be reduced or lessened.
- irreducible complexity noun: The proposition that complex organs such as eyes and flagella must have started existing in their current form; i.e., that they cannot have evolved from...
- irreducibleness noun: The quality of being irreducible.
- irreducibly adverb: In an irreducible manner or state.
- irreducibly complex adjective: Of a system, composed of several well-matched, interacting parts where the removal of any one part causes the system to cease functioning effectively.
- irreductibility noun: Alternative form of irreducibility.
- irreduction noun: The Latourian concept that nothing is either reducible or irreducible to anything else.
- irredundance noun: The condition of being irredundant
- irredundancy noun: Alternative form of irredundance.
- irredundant adjective /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈdʌn.dənt/: Containing no redundant constraint.
- irreferable adjective: That cannot be referred or related to something else.
- irreferential adjective: Lacking a referent.
- irreflection noun: Lack of reflection or consideration.
- irreflective adjective: Without mental reflection.
- irreflectiveness noun: The quality of being irreflective.
- irreflexive adjective: Of a binary relation R on X: such that no element of X is R-related to itself.
- irreflexively adverb: In an irreflexive manner.
- irreflexiveness noun: The state or quality of being irreflexive; irreflexivity.
- irreflexivity noun: Synonym of irreflexiveness.
- irreformability noun: The quality of being irreformable; absence of potential for reform.
- irreformable adjective: That cannot be reformed
- irreformably adverb: Such that it cannot be reformed.
- irrefragability noun: The quality or degree of being irrefragable.
- irrefragable adjective /ɪˈɹɛfɹəɡəb(ə)l/: Which cannot be refuted; clearly right, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable.
- irrefragableness noun: Synonym of irrefragability.
- irrefragably adverb /ɪˈɹɛf.ɹə.ɡə.blɪ/: In an irrefragable state or condition.
- irrefrangibility noun: The quality or degree of being irrefrangible.
- irrefrangible adjective /ˌɪɹɪˈfɹænd͡ʒəbəl/: Not to be broken or transgressed against; inviolable.
- irrefrangibleness noun: How irrefrangible something is.
- irrefrangibly adverb: In an irrefrangible manner.
- irrefusable adjective: That cannot be refused; unrefusable.
- irrefusably adverb: In an irrefusable manner; beyond the possibility of refusal.
- irrefutability noun: Quality of being irrefutable.
- irrefutable adjective /ˌɪɹɪˈfjuːtəbəl/: undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted
Part 66 · Part 68 · English words: I
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under I: 23,084 words, in 77 parts.