(inorganic chemistry) Group 8 of the periodic table, comprising iron, ruthenium, osmium and hassium

plural of iron rice bowl

A guaranteed state job in China that lasts until retirement and pays a pension until death.

(nautical) a fitting on the end of a bowsprit of a sailing vessel to which the forestay is attached

Alternative spelling of cranse iron

(US politics, political science) The policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy (executive, sometimes called “government agencies”), and interest groups or lobbyists.

(historical) A key communist Chinese and North Korean concentration area and communications junction during the Korean War, located in the central sector.

feredetate

plural of calking iron

Alternative spelling of caulking iron