Bar iron
() See under Iron. |
Box-iron
(n.) A hollow smoothing iron containing a heater within. |
Branding iron
() An iron to brand with. |
Brand iron
() A branding iron. |
Brand iron
() A trivet to set a pot on. |
Brand iron
() The horizontal bar of an andiron. |
Bridle iron
() A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had |
Cast iron
() Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace |
Cast-iron
(a.) Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron |
Cramp iron
() See Cramp, n., 2. |
Cross
(n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. |
Cross
(n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material |
Cross
(n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue |
Cross
(n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped |
Cross
(n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross |
Cross
(n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place |
Cross
(n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. |
Cross
(n.) The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. |
Cross
(n.) Church lands. |
Cross
(n.) A line drawn across or through another line. |
Cross
(n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding |
Cross
(n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. |
Cross
(n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. |
Cross
(a.) Not parallel |
Cross
(a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected |
Cross
(a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor |
Cross
(a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation |
Cross
(prep.) Athwart |
Cross
(v. t.) To put across or athwart |
Cross
(v. t.) To lay or draw something, as a line, across |
Cross
(v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of |
Cross
(v. t.) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. |
Cross
(v. t.) To run counter to |
Cross
(v. t.) To interfere and cut off |
Cross
(v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon |
Cross
(v. t.) To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across |
Cross
(v. t.) To cause to interbreed |
Cross
(v. i.) To lie or be athwart. |
Cross
(v. i.) To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place |
Cross
(v. i.) To be inconsistent. |
Cross
(v. i.) To interbreed, as races |
Cross-armed
(a.) With arms crossed. |
Cross-banded
(a.) A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface. |
Cross-bearer
(n.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions. |
Cross-birth
(n.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus. |
Cross-bun
(n.) A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday. |
Cross-crosslet
(n.) A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses. |
Cross-days
(n. pl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension. |
Cross-examination
(n.) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination. |
Cross-examined
(imp. & p. p.) of Cross-examine |
cross-fertilization
cross-fertilisation | interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial, the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts |
| cross-pollination | stimulating influence among diverse elements, the cross-pollination of the arts |
double cross
doublerossing | an act of betrayal, he gave us the old double cross, I could no longer tolerate his impudent doublerossing |
hybridization
hybridisation
crossbreeding
crossing cross
interbreeding
hybridizing | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids |
| dihybrid cross | hybridization using two traits with two alleles each |
| monohybrid cross | hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) |
reciprocal cross
reciprocal | hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype |
transvestism
transvestitism
cross dressing | the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex |
Stations
Stations of the Cross | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary |
hybrid
crossbreed
cross | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock, especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species, a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey |
andiron
firedog
dog dog-iron | metal supports for logs in a fireplace, the andirons were too hot to touch |
angle bracket
angle iron | an L-shaped metal bracket |
boot the boot
iron boot
iron heel | an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg |
Calvary cross
cross of Calvary | a Latin cross set on three steps |
| Celtic cross | a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection |
| corrugated iron | usually galvanized sheet iron or sheet steel shaped into straight parallel ridges and hollows |
cramp
cramp iron | a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles, used to hold masonry together |
crampon
crampoon
climbing iron
climber | an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing |
| Cross | a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified, used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry |
| cross | a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece |
| cross bit | a rock drill having cruciform cutting edges, used in mining |
cross hair
cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
| cross-stitch | embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other |
| cross-stitch | two stitches forming a cross or X |
| cross street | a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it |
| curling iron | a cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around it |
driving iron
one iron | (golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face |
| fire iron | metal fireside implements |
garrote
garotte
garrotte
iron collar | an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation |
goffer gauffer goffering iron
gauffering iron | an iron used to press pleats and ridges |
grapnel grapple
grappler
grappling hook
grappling iron | a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding, often thrown with a rope |
| Greek cross | a cross with each of the four arms the same length |
| half cross stitch | a single cross stitch at a diagonal |
iron
smoothing iron | home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth |
| iron | a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head |
| iron branding iron | implement used to brand live stock |
| iron foundry | a foundry where cast iron is produced |
| iron horse | (c. ) an early term for a locomotive |
| iron lung | respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respiration |
| iron maiden | instrument of torture consisting of a hollow iron frame shaped like the human body and lined with spikes to impale the victim |
| Jerusalem cross | a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar |
| Latin cross | a cross with the lowest arm being longer than the others |
| long iron | an iron with a long shaft and a steep face, for hitting long low shots |
Lorraine cross
cross of Lorraine | a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper |
| Maltese cross | a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center |
mashie
five iron | middle-distance iron |
mashie niblick
seven iron | iron with a lofted face for hitting high shots to the green |
midiron
two iron | long iron with a nearly vertical face |
niblick
nine iron | an iron with considerable loft |
nickel-iron battery
nickel-iron accumulator | a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide, each cell gives about . volts |