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• Ironize

  [ahy-er-nahyz] /ˈaɪ ərˌnaɪz/ verb (used with object), ironized, ironizing. 1. to make ironical. 2. to add iron (to a substance). verb (used without object), ironized, ironizing. 3. to use irony or speak ironically. /ˈaɪrəˌnaɪz/ verb 1. (intransitive) to use or indulge in irony 2. (transitive) to make ironic or use ironically

• Iron-jawed

  [ahy-ern-jawd] /ˈaɪ ərnˈdʒɔd/ adjective 1. having a jaw of or like iron: an iron-jawed press; an iron-jawed fighter. 2. fiercely determined: an iron-jawed will.

• Iron-law-of-wages

  noun, Economics. 1. the doctrine or theory that wages tend toward a level sufficient only to maintain a subsistence standard of living.

• Iron-lung

  noun 1. a chamberlike respirator, formerly used in the treatment of poliomyelitis, that encloses the whole body except the head and in which alternate pulsations of high and low pressure induce normal breathing movements or force air into and out of the lungs. noun 1. an airtight metal cylinder enclosing the entire body up to […]

• Iron-maiden

  noun 1. a medieval instrument of torture fashioned as a box in the shape of a woman, large enough to hold a human being, and studded with sharp spikes on the inside. noun 1. a medieval instrument of torture, consisting of a hinged case (often shaped in the form of a woman) lined with iron […]

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