9-letter words starting with ir
- irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irascibly — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irateness — The state of being irate.
- irda data — (standard) (IrDA-D) Infrared standards from IrDA. IrDA Data is designed for data transfer over a distance of up to 1 metre, acting as a point-to-point cable replacement. Several IrDA Data standards exist, supporting data rates from 9600 bps - 50 Mbps, namely SIR, FIR, and VFIR. See also IrDA Control, AIR.
- irenicism — the promotion and support of peace and conciliation
- irenology — the study of peace
- iridocyte — a guanine-containing cell in the skin of fish and some cephalopods, giving these animals their iridescence
- iridology — the inspection of the iris of the eye as an aid in determining a person's state of health or in diagnosing a health problem.
- iridotomy — incision of the iris, especially for the formation of an artificial pupil by transverse division of fibers of the iris.
- irisation — the effect or quality of being iridescent; iridescence.
- irish elk — an extinct deerlike mammal of the genus Megaceros (Megaloceros), of the Pleistocene Epoch, having in the male extremely large, broad antlers.
- irish sea — a part of the Atlantic between Ireland and England.
- irish yew — a variety of yew, Taxus baccata stricta, of Eurasia and northern Africa, having upright branches and dark green foliage with color variations.
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- iron blue — any of the class of blue pigments having a high tinting strength and ranging in shade and in coloring properties from reddish blue to jet blue: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and printing inks.
- iron dome — Israel's mobile air defence system
- iron duke — 1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
- iron fist — harsh rule
- iron gang — chain gang.
- iron gate — a gorge cut by the Danube through the Carpathian Mountains, between Yugoslavia and SW Romania. 2 miles (3.2 km) long.
- iron gray — a medium shade of gray, like that of freshly broken iron.
- iron grey — a neutral or dark grey colour
- iron hand — strict or harsh control: The general governed the country with an iron hand.
- iron lung — a chamberlike respirator, formerly used in the treatment of poliomyelitis, that encloses the whole body except the head and in which alternate pulsations of high and low pressure induce normal breathing movements or force air into and out of the lungs.
- iron mask — an iron covering for the face, supposedly used in the past to conceal the identity of a well-known prisoner
- iron mold — a stain on cloth or the like made by rusty iron or by ink pigmented with an iron derivative.
- iron will — stubbornness, determination
- iron-gray — a medium shade of gray, like that of freshly broken iron.
- iron-sick — noting a wooden hull, fastened with iron, in which chemical interaction between the iron and the wood has resulted in the decay of both; nail-sick.
- ironbound — bound with iron.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- ironsides — a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
- ironsmith — a worker in iron; blacksmith.
- ironstone — any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- ironwoman — a female worker or athlete of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- ironwoods — Plural form of ironwood.
- ironworks — an establishment where iron is smelted or where it is cast or wrought.
- iroquoian — a family of North American Indian languages that includes Cherokee, Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida.
- irradiant — irradiating; radiant; shining.
- irradiate — to shed rays of light upon; illuminate.
- irratable — Misspelling of irritable.
- irrawaddy — a river flowing S through Burma (Myanmar) to the Bay of Bengal. 1250 miles (2015 km) long.
- irreality — unreal.
- irredenta — a region that is under the political jurisdiction of one nation but is related to another by reason of cultural, historical, and ethnic ties.
- irregular — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
- irrelated — Unrelated.
- irridenta — a region that is ethnically or historically tied to one country, but which is ruled by another
- irrigable — capable of being irrigated.
- irrigably — in an irrigable manner
- irrigated — Simple past tense and past participle of irrigate.
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