steel
(stil)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of various forms of refined iron containing less carbon than pig iron and more than wrought iron and possessing varying qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength.
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hemochromatosis
(ˌhi məˌkroʊ məˈtoʊ sɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a disorder of iron metabolism manifested by bronzed skin due to excessive iron absorption, leading to joint pain, diabetes, and liver damage if iron concentration is not reduced.
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tank iron
(tank iron)
Princeton's WordNet
plate iron that is thinner than boilerplate but thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron
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pig iron
(ˈpɪgˌhɛd ɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.
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siderite
Webster Dictionary
carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron, spathic iron
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steel
Webster Dictionary
a variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon
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stannite
(ˈstæn aɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu
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bloom
(blum)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a large lump of iron and slag, of pasty consistency when hot, hammered into wrought iron.
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magnet
(ˈmæg nɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
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ferrite
(ˈfɛr aɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the pure iron constituent of ferrous metals, as distinguished from the iron carbides.
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taconite
(ˈtæk əˌnaɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an iron-bearing chert mined as low-grade iron ore in the Mesabi Range.
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limonite
(ˈlaɪ məˌnaɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a brown-to-yellow mineral mixture, mostly noncrystalline iron hydroxide with hematite and goethite: an ore of iron.
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cast iron
(ˈkæs tɪŋ, ˈkɑ stɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle iron.
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finery
Webster Dictionary
a charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling
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ferrous
Webster Dictionary
pertaining to, or derived from, iron; -- especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sulphate
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puddle
Webster Dictionary
to subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron
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core
(ɔr, koʊr)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the piece of iron, bundle of iron wires, or other ferrous material forming the central or inner portion in an electromagnet, induction coil, transformer, or the like.
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blast furnace
(blast furnace)
Princeton's WordNet
a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air
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beta iron
(beta iron)
Princeton's WordNet
an allotrope of iron that is the same as alpha iron except that it is nonmagnetic; stable between 768 and 906 degrees centigrade
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iron deficiency anaemia
(iron deficiency anemia, iron deficiency anaemia)
Princeton's WordNet
a form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding
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iron deficiency anemia
(iron deficiency anemia, iron deficiency anaemia)
Princeton's WordNet
a form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding
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lepidocrocite
(lepidocrocite)
Princeton's WordNet
a red to reddish brown mineral consisting of iron oxide hydroxide; often found in iron ores together with goethite
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ferritin
(ferritin)
Princeton's WordNet
a protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen; it is one of the chief forms in which iron is stored in the body
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sideropenia
(sideropenia)
Princeton's WordNet
a deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage
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garnet
(ˈgɑr nɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of a group of hard deep red, brownish, or green vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron: several varieties are used as gems.
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menaccanite
Webster Dictionary
an iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron ore, and ilmenite
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ironworks
(ironworks)
Princeton's WordNet
the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made
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puddler
(puddler)
Princeton's WordNet
a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling
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hematite
Webster Dictionary
an important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called red ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown
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sheet iron
(sheet iron)
Princeton's WordNet
plate iron thinner than tank iron
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