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Pumping Iron: Phrase that has been in use since the 1950's, but recently greatly popularized. Lifting weights.

Iron Formation: A layered deposit of chemical sedimentary rocks containing at least 15 percent (by weight) iron in the form of sulfide, oxide, hydroxide, or carbonate minerals.

Iron Compass: Railroad tracks, favored by pilots of yore as a dependable aid to surface navigation before radio.

Iron Glove: Sloppy fielding; prone to errors.

Iron Ore: A chemical sedimentary rock that forms when iron and oxygen (and sometimes other substances) combine in solution and deposit as a sediment. Hematite is the most common sedimentary iron ore m . . . View Full Definition

Irony: Stating something by saying another quite different thing, sometimes its opposite. An example is sir thomas wyatt's 'and i have leave to go, of her goodness' from his 'they flee from me.'

Iron-Carbon Phase Diagram: A graphical means of identifying different structures of steel and percentages of carbon occurring in steel at various temperatures.

Iron Carbide: A binary compound of carbon and iron: it becomes the strengthening constituent in steel.

Iron Butt Rally: The Iron Butt Rally is an 11 day 11,000 mile trip around the perimeter of the United States. It has a series of checkpoints that must be visited within a two-hour window.

Hostile Environment Harassment: Sexual or other discriminatory conduct that is so severe and pervasive that it interferes with an individual’s ability to perform the job, creates an intimidating, offensive, threatening or . . . View Full Definition