a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ironist

ridiculer

satirist

exhibiting strength or hardness like that of iron
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ironlike

sample sentences

"ironlike determination"
"ironlike nerves"
"ironlike discipline of the Marines"

a strong man of exceptional physical endurance
<noun.person>

iron man

ironman

a store selling hardware
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

hardware store

ironmonger

ironmonger's shop

sample sentences

"in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop"

someone who sells hardware
<noun.person>

hardwareman

ironmonger

sample sentences

"in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger"

a store selling hardware
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

hardware store

ironmonger

ironmonger's shop

sample sentences

"in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop"

the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop
<noun.artifact>

ironmongery

metal shackles; for hands or legs
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

chains

irons

shod or cased with iron
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ironshod

sample sentences

"ironshod hooves"
"ironshod wheels"

a man of great strength or bravery
<noun.person>

ironside

instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal
<noun.artifact>

hardware

ironware

any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue
<noun.plant>

ironweed

vernonia

medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
<noun.plant>

Eastern hop hornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

ironwood

ironwood tree

a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
<noun.plant>

iron tree

iron-tree

ironwood

ironwood tree

exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
<noun.plant>

ironwood

handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
<noun.plant>

Mesua ferrea

ironwood

ironwood tree

rose chestnut

medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
<noun.plant>

Eastern hop hornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

ironwood

ironwood tree

a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
<noun.plant>

iron tree

iron-tree

ironwood

ironwood tree

handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
<noun.plant>

Mesua ferrea

ironwood

ironwood tree

rose chestnut

work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc)
<noun.artifact>

ironwork

sample sentences

"the houses had much ornamental ironwork"

a person who makes articles of iron
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ironworker

the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made
<noun.artifact>

ironworks

witty language used to convey insults or scorn
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2

caustic remark

irony

sarcasm

satire

sample sentences

"he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"
"irony is wasted on the stupid"
"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

irony

sample sentences

"the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"

a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
<noun.communication>

irony

expose to radiation
<verb.change>

irradiate

ray

sample sentences

"irradiate food"

cast rays of light upon
<verb.change>

irradiate

give spiritual insight to; in religion
<verb.communication>

enlighten

irradiate

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
<noun.act>

actinotherapy

irradiation

radiation

radiation therapy

radiotherapy

(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
<noun.cognition>

irradiation

the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background
<noun.cognition>

irradiation

(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
<noun.event>

irradiation

a column of light (as from a beacon)
<noun.phenomenon>   freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

beam

beam of light

irradiation

light beam

ray

ray of light

shaft

shaft of light

the condition of being exposed to radiation
<noun.state>

irradiation

not consistent with or using reason
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

irrational

sample sentences

"irrational fears"
"irrational animals"

real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers
<adj.pert>

irrational

sample sentences

"irrational numbers"

a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number
<noun.quantity>

irrational

irrational number

extreme prejudice
<noun.cognition>

irrational hostility

a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
<noun.motive>

irrational impulse

sample sentences

"his first impulse was to denounce them"
"the urge to find out got him into trouble"

a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
<noun.motive>

irrational motive

a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number
<noun.quantity>

irrational

irrational number

the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

irrationality

unreason

in an irrational manner
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

irrationally

sample sentences

"they acted irrationally"

the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
<noun.state>

irreality

unreality

insusceptible of reform
<adj.all>

irreclaimable

irredeemable

unredeemable

unreformable

sample sentences

"vicious irreclaimable boys"
"irredeemable sinners"

impossible to reconcile
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

irreconcilable

unreconcilable

sample sentences

"irreconcilable differences"