(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.

plural of calking iron

Alternative spelling of caulking iron

A compound of iron containing less than 0.5 percent carbon.

An iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs.

A kitchen implement with a zigzag or sculpted edge for cutting or crimping pie or pastry dough into ornate figures. Commonly a jagging wheel. Seldom literally iron, as rustproof materials are preferred.

plural of jagging iron

(mineralogy) siderite

plural of pinking iron