iron
71iron — 1) n a pistol or revolver. A slang term of the 19th and early 20th centuries (short for the American shooting iron ) which sur vives in the pages of westerns and crime fiction. Iron was revived in the 1990s by members of US street gangs. 2) iron… …
72iron — adjective 1) an iron bar Syn: ferric, ferrous 2) an iron will Syn: uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, unbending, rigid, steely • Ant: flexib …
73iron-on — /uy euhrn on , awn /, adj. 1. designed to be applied with heat and pressure, as by an iron: an iron on patch for pants. n. 2. a design, patch, or the like, applied by ironing on. [1955 60; n. use of v. phrase iron on] …
74iron-52 — A radioactive iron isotope; a cyclotron produced positron emitter with a half life of 8.28 h, used to study iron metabolism …
75iron-55 — An iron isotope; a positron emitter with a half life of 2.73 years; used (less often than 59Fe) as a tracer in study of iron metabolism and in blood perfusion studies …
76Iron — A metal rarely used in Egypt until the Saite Periodthat later became widespread during the Roman Period. Isolated examples are known from the Old Kingdom onward, but the most notable examples are an iron dagger, iron chisel heads, and amulets… …
77Iron — I|ron [Kurzw. aus nlat. Iris = Schwertlilie (Bot.; griech. ĩris = Regenbogen) u. ↑ on (1)], das; s, e; Syn.: 2 Methyljonon: veilchenartig riechendes Gemisch isomerer ungesättigter C14 Ketone aus Iriswurzeln. * * * I Iron, …
78iron 59 — a radioactive isotope of iron, atomic mass 59, having a half life of 44.50 days and emitting beta particles (0.273, 0.475 MeV) and gamma rays (1.095, 1.292 MeV); it is used in ferrokinetic studies to determine the rate at which iron is cleared… …
79iron — [OE] Iron is probably a Celtic contribution to English, but the borrowing took place in the prehistoric period, before the Germanic dialects separated, and so English shares the word with German (eisen), Dutch (ijzen), Swedish (järn), etc. The… …
80iron — 1. a handgun The metal is inexactly specified: He punched Malvern with the muzzle of the gun... Keep your iron next to your own belly. (Chandler, 1939) A steel was always a sword or bayonet. 2. a male homosexual Rhyming slang… …
