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Irma Blanco Irma Blanco Is a radio personality from Los Angeles, CA. Born and Raised in Monterey Park, CA, she has worked all over the country – Miami, Riverside, CA, San Francisco and Chicago, but according to Blanco "nothing compares to the City of Angels!!
Irma Capece Minutolo Donna Irma Capece Minutolo (born 6 August 1935) is an Italian former opera singer who was one of the last companions of King Farouk I of Egypt. In recent years, she has claimed to have been the king's last wife.
Irma Flaquer Irma Flaquer Azurdia (born in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1938), a psychologist and reporter known for her vicious critiques against the Guatemalan government. Born to a Catalan, theater producer father, Fernando Flaquer, and Guatemalan opera singer mother, Olga Azurdia.
Irma Grese Irma Grese (October 7, 1923 Wrechen near Pasewalk (Mecklenburg) – December 13, 1945 Hameln) was a supervisor at the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. Dubbed the "Beautiful Beast" by camp inmates for her cruel and perverse behavior, she is one of the most notorious of the female Nazi war criminals.
Irma Lair Irma Lair is a 13 year old teen who is going through her last year of middle shool/early high school at the Sheffield Institute and who is also a member of WITCH. She has a 7 year-old brother named Christopher Lair and Tom Lair her father, and Anna Lair her stepmother.
Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School is the first public all-girls school in the state of Texas. Rangel, which is a part of the Dallas Independent School District, was established in 2004 in the city of Dallas.
Irma Pince Irma Pince is the Hogwarts librarian in the Harry Potter books and was played by Sally Mortemore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In the books, she is compared to an "underfed vulture" and tries to protect her books from students by placing odd jinxes on them.
Irma Vep Irma Vep is a 1996 film directed by the French director Olivier Assayas, starring Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung (playing herself) in a story about the disasters that ensue as a middle-aged French film director (played by Jean-Pierre LĂ©aud) attempts to remake Louis Feuillade's classic silent serial Les vampires. Taking place as it does largely through the eyes of a foreigner (Cheung), it also a meditation upon the then-current state of the French film industry.
IrmĂŁ Dulce (Sister Dulce) IrmĂŁ Dulce (or Sister Dulce) (born Maria Rita de Souza Lopes Pontes) (May 26, 1914 - March 13, 1992) was a brazillian catholic nun who founded the Social Works of IrmĂŁ Dulce Organization. Her work with the poor population in Salvador, Bahia, has made her a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church.
Irmgard Seefried Irmgard Seefried (born in Köngetried, near Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany on 9 October, 1919 - died in Vienna on 24 November, 1988) was a distinguished German soprano who sang opera and lieder. She studied at Augsburg University before making her debut in Aachen, however for most of her career she belonged to the company of the Vienna State Opera.
Irminen-Gesellschaft The Irminen-Gesellschaft is a USA based Germanic neopagan group founded in 2002, following the collapse of its predecessor the Irminsul-Volksstamm in that same year. The IG exists as a non-profit, religious organization dedicated to the preservation and evolution of "Irminenschaft", which they describe as "the ethnic religious expression and Being of our German forebears".
Irminenschaft Irminenschaft (or, Irminism, Irminenreligion) is a current of Nazi mysticism based on a hypothetical Germanic deity Irmin (a backformation from Irminsul "great pillar" and informed by Tacitus' Hermiones; The Old Saxon adjective irmin "great, strong" may also have been an epithet of Ziu or Wodan).
Irmtraud Morgner Irmtraud Morgner (1933-1990) was an East German feminist writer. Her 1974 montage novel Leben und Abenteuer der Trobadora Beatriz nach Zeugnissen ihrer Spielfrau Laura has been translated into English, with the title The Life and Adventures of Trobadora Beatrice as Chronicled by Her Minstrel Laura: A Novel in Thirteen Books and Seven Intermezzos.
Irod Irozii (singular Irod) were Romanian Orthodox minstrel shows, played in the Christmas season, centered on the figure of Herod the Great (Romanian: Irod) and the Massacre of the Innocents. Along with a New Year tradition of imitation peasant weddings, they are generally considered the origin of Romanian-language popular theater.
Iroh General "Uncle" Iroh is a fictional character voiced by Mako (in the first and second seasons) on the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The elderly Iroh is a Firebending master, former Crown Prince and heir to the Fire Nation throne, retired General of the Fire Nation, and older brother of Fire Lord Ozai.
Iroha JiruishĹŤ The is a 12th century Japanese dictionary of Kanji ("Chinese characters"). It was the first Heian Period dictionary to collate characters by pronunciation (in the iroha order) rather than by logographic radical (like the Tenrei BanshĹŤ Meigi) or word meaning (WamyĹŤ RuijushĹŤ).
Irom Chanu Sharmila Irom Chanu Sharmila (1970 - ), also known as Sharmila Chanu, is a Indian woman activist of Meitei Manipuri heritage, known for her campaign against the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, colloquially known as the AFSPA.
Iron & Silk (1990 film) Iron & Silk is a 1990 movie based on the eponymous book by American writer Mark Salzman. It details his journey to China after college to study Chinese wu shu, better known in the west as kung fu, and to teach English.
Iron & Wine iTunes Exclusive EP This is the iTunes exclusive EP from the band Iron & Wine. "No Moon" and "Sinning Hands" - previously available only on a bonus 7" single included with the first vinyl pressing of Our Endless Numbered Days.
Iron and the Maiden Iron and the Maiden is a new creator-owned comic book from Jason Rubin, co-founder of Naughty Dog and the key creative force behind Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter. Penciling is being done by Witchblade artist Francis Manapulwith backgrounds by Joel Gomez.
Iron Act In American Colonial history, the Iron Act, passed in 1750, was part of the British Navigation Acts designed to slow the development of the Colonial iron industry so it wouldn't compete with the home industry. The act prohibited anyone in the colonies from manufacturing finished iron products.
Iron Age In archaeology, the Iron Age is the stage in the development of any people where the use of iron implements as tools and weapons is prominent. The adoption of this material coincided with other changes in some past societies often including differing agricultural practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles, although this was not always the case.
Iron Age India The Iron Age in the Indian subcontinent succeeds the Late Harappan (Cemetery H) culture, also known as the last phase of the Indus Valley Tradition. The cultures of the Punjab and Rajasthan in this phase spread eastward across the Gangetic plain.
Iron Age tribes in Britain The names of the Iron Age tribes in Britain were recorded by Roman and Greek historians and geographers, especially Ptolemy, although information from coin distribution has also shed light on the extents of the territories of the various groups that occupied the island. The following tribes have known names although these may not necessarily be the names they knew themselves as.
Iron Angel Iron Angel is a speed metal band from Hamburg, Germany that was active during the mid 1980s.They started out in 1980 as a school band called "Metal Gods"(a song by Judas Priest) being renamed Iron Angel later based on a novel about a spirit hunter.
Iron bacteria In the management of water-supply wells, iron bacteria are bacteria that derive the energy they need to live and multiply by oxidizing dissolved ferrous iron (or the less frequently available manganese and aluminium). The resulting ferric oxide is insoluble, and appears as brown gelatinous slime that will stain plumbing fixtures, and clothing or utensils washed with the water carrying it, and may contribute to internal corrosion of the pipes and fixtures the water flows through.
Iron Bowl The Iron Bowl is the name given to the annual intercollegiate football game between the teams of Auburn University and University of Alabama. The deep-seated football rivalry between Alabama and Auburn has historically spilled over into the politics and society of the state of Alabama.
Iron Bridge (band) Iron Bridge are a British hip hop band from Essex. The group contains only two permanent members, Craig Verbs (AKA Dirty Verbs) and Jibbarish (AKA Dutch Almanax), although they regularly work with other British hip-hop artists, such as Ronnie Compost, who features prominently in many tracks.
Iron Brigade The Iron Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Union Army during the American Civil War, consisting primarily of Western regiments, that was noted for its ability to withstand almost any fire, and its regiments combined took the highest casualty percentage of the war.
Iron Butt Association The Iron Butt Association (IBA) is a US-based organization dedicated to safe, long-distance, endurance motorcycle riding with over 20,000 members world-wide. One of its more popular slogans is, "The World Is Our Playground.
Iron Butterfly Spread Iron butterfly is the name of an advanced, neutral-outlook, options trading strategy that involves buying and holding four different options at three different strike prices. It is a limited risk, limited profit trading strategy that is structured for a larger probability of earning smaller limited profit when the underlying stock is perceived to have a low volatility.
Iron catastrophe The iron catastrophe was an event early in the History of the Earth when dense iron sank towards the core during the formation of the Earth. The sinking of large amounts of iron towards the core released large amounts of energy in the form of heat.
Iron condor Iron condor is the name of an advanced, neutral-outlook, options trading strategy that involves buying and holding four different options with different strike prices. It is a limited risk, limited profit trading strategy that is structured for a larger probability of earning a smaller profit when the underlying stock is perceived to have a low volatility.
Iron City Houserockers The Iron City Houserockers were an American rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, led by singer/guitarist Joe Grushecky, that existed from the late 1970s until 1985. Lumped into the heartland rock genre, critically praised but commercially unsuccessful, the band's fans view them as one of the great "shoulda-beens" in the history of rock and roll.
Iron Council Iron Council (2004) is the fourth novel by China Miéville, set in the same universe as his previous books Perdido Street Station (2000) and The Scar (2002), although they can all be read independently of each other. In addition to the steampunk influences shared by its predecessors, Iron Council also draws several elements from the western genre.
Iron Cross Sometimes erroneously called the Maltese cross, the Iron Cross (German: das Eiserne Kreuz) is a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia, and later of Germany, which was established by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia and first awarded on 10 March 1813. The Iron Cross is awarded only in wartime.
Iron Curtain The "Iron Curtain" was the boundary which symbolically, ideologically, and physically divided Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War, roughly 1945 to 1991. The term was coined by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and made famous by Winston Churchill.
Iron Dragon Iron Dragon is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built in 1987 by Arrow Dynamics It is a suspended model where the cars hang beneath the track with free lateral movement allowing them to swing side to side.
Iron Duke class battleship The Iron Duke class battleships of the Royal Navy were four battleships, HMS Benbow, Emperor of India, Iron Duke, and Marlborough. Launched from October 1912 to November 1913, this third class of Royal Navy super-dreadnoughts had the same ten 13.
Iron Eagle Iron Eagle is a 1986 action film about a teenage boy named Doug Masters (Jason Gedrick) who steals an American F-16 fighter jet to rescue his father (Tim Thomerson), a prisoner of war being held in an unidentified rogue Middle Eastern country. The film also stars Academy Award winner Louis Gossett, Jr.
Iron Eagle II Iron Eagle II is a 1988 action film about a joint United States/Soviet task force formed to counter the threat of an unnamed Middle Eastern country. The task force is led by US Air Force Colonel (briefly promoted to Brigadier General during the film) Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair (Louis Gossett, Jr.
Iron fertilization Iron fertilization is the intentional introduction of iron to the upper ocean to increase the marine food chain and to sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . It involves encouraging the growth of marine phytoplankton blooms by physically distributing microscopic iron particles in otherwise nutrient rich, but iron deficient blue ocean waters.
Iron Fist Active Protection System Iron Fist is an active protection system (APS) for medium and light weight armoured fighting vehicles, developed by Israel Military Industries (IMI). The concept was revealed by IMI in 2006 and is expected to enter Israel Defense Forces tests by mid 2007.
Iron Foundry Iron Foundry (Russian: Zavod, literally "Factory", also translated variously as "Steel Foundry" or "Mechanical Ballet") is the most well-known work by Soviet composer Alexander Mosolov. It was completed in 1928 as part of the ballet Stal ("Steel").
Iron Gate (Danube) The Iron Gate (Romanian: Porţile de Fier, Serbian: Гвоздена врата / Gvozdena vrata, Hungarian: Vaskapu, Turkish: Demirkapi, German: Eisernes Tor, Bulgarian: Железни врата) is a gorge on the Danube River. It forms part of the boundary between Serbia and Romania.
Iron Grip Barbell Company The Iron Grip Barbell Company is a manufacturer of commercial free weight equipment based in Santa Ana, California. Founded in 1993, it's website claims it is the only company that still manufactures a complete line of equipment in the United States.
Iron harvest The iron harvest is the annual harvest of unexploded ordnance, barbed wire, shrapnel balls, bullets and congruent trench supports collected by Belgian and French farmers after ploughing their fields. The harvest generally applies to the material from The Great War which is still found in large quantities across the former Western Front.
Iron Hands In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Iron Hands are one of the initial Space Marine Legions. Although unwavering in their faith towards the God-Emperor, they also believe that human flesh is weak and corruptible, and strive to replace their bodies with 'pure' cybernetic substitutes.
Iron Heights Iron Heights is a fictional maximum-security prison which houses the many Flash rogues and metahuman criminals of Keystone City and Central City when they end up captured. Iron Heights first appeared in Flash: Iron Heights (2001).
Iron Heroes Iron Heroes (also known as Monte Cook Presents: Iron Heroes; originally announced as Iron Lore) is a variant Player's Handbook for the d20 System of role-playing games, in the tradition of Arcana Unearthed. It incorporates the core d20 mechanic, while introducing new rules options, differently-balanced classes, an entirely new feat system, and changes to the way skills and feats operate .
Iron Hills Conference The Iron Hills Conference is an athletic conference of twenty high schools located in Essex County, Morris County and Union County in New Jersey. The Iron division is often regarded as one of the most competitive in the state.
Iron Horse Regional Trail The Iron Horse Regional Trail is a pedestrian and bicycle trail in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. This trail is located in inland central Alameda and Contra Costa counties, mostly following the right-of-way of the former tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Iron Horse Trail The Iron Horse Trail is a rail trail located in east-central Alberta in Canada. It is a long, recreational trail meant for all-terrain vehicles, but also used by horses, mountain bikes, hikers, and snowmobiles, depending upon the season.
Iron Chef America Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by Food Network, which carries a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef.
Iron Chef USA Iron Chef USA was the first American adaptation of the Japanese television series Iron Chef, appearing on the UPN television network in 2001. Two pilot episodes were aired, the "Las Vegas Showdown" and the "Holiday Battle", neither to critical acclaim.
Iron Kid Iron Kid (아이언 키드) is a CGI television series produced by BRB Internacional (Spain), DesignStorm, Daiwon C&A Holdings (South Korea) and Manga Entertainment (US). It premiered in Korea on major broadcaster KBS in Spring 2006, and in major European networks (TVE, Jetix France, Jetix Spain, TV1, Mediaset...
Iron law of oligarchy The iron law of oligarchy is a political theory, first developed by the German sociologist Robert Michels in his 1911 book, Political Parties. It states that all forms of organization, regardless of how democratic or autocratic they may be at the start, will eventually and inevitably develop into oligarchies.
Iron law of population Thomas Malthus’ Iron Law of Population is a theory that 18th century British society will either “preventatively” control population growth or nature will “correctively” reduce population growth ([http://www.victorianweb.
Iron law of prohibition The iron law of prohibition is a term coined by Richard Cowan which states that "The more intense the law enforcement, the more potent the prohibited substance becomes." This is based on the premise that when drugs or alcohol are prohibited they will be produced only in black markets in their most concentrated and powerful forms.
Iron Lantern Iron Lantern is a fictional character and an Amalgam Comics superhero, whose true debut was in Iron Lantern #1, though his first (metafictional) appearance in the Amalgam universe was in Showcase of Suspense #1. He is a combination of Marvel Comics' Iron Man and DC Comics' Green Lantern.
Iron League In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Iron League is an affiliation of states that opposed the Great Kingdom of Aerdy. It formed in late 447 CY as a reaction to Ivid V becoming Overking of Aerdy.
Iron Lion of Cangzhou The Iron Lion of Cangzhou () is a cast iron sculpture located in the town of Cangzhou in Hebei Province, China, about 180 kilometers southwest of the national capital Beijing. Cast in 953 AD, the iron lion is
Iron maiden (torture device) An iron maiden is an iron cabinet allegedly built to torture or kill a person by piercing the body with sharp objects (such as knives, spikes, or nails), while the victim is forced to remain standing. The victim bleeds profusely and is weakened slowly, eventually dying because of blood loss, or perhaps asphyxiation.
Iron Man (magazine) Iron Man Magazine is a publication which discusses bodybuilding, weightlifting, and powerlifting. It was founded in 1936 by two Alliance, Nebraska, United States natives — Peary Rader and his wife, Mabel Rader.
Iron Man (song) "Iron Man" is a signature song of Birmingham heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. It was first released on their sophomore album Paranoid (1970) and later included on their initial greatest hits compilation We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll (1976), as well as all subsequent greatest hits compilations.
Iron Man 2020 Iron Man 2020 (real name Arno Stark) is a fictional character and supervillain who exists in the future year of 2020 within the Marvel Comics multiverse. He first appeared in the second issue of the Machine Man limited series (1984).
Iron Man and Sub-Mariner Iron Man and Sub-Mariner is a one-shot comic book published by Marvel Comics in 1968. It is notable for being the first Marvel title to be intentionally published for only one issue, as it existed to use up two half-length stories left over after Marvel began its expansion and the characters were to be given their own solo titles.
Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal is the title of a video game published by Acclaim and developed by Real Sports and Realtime Associates for the PlayStation 1, Sega Saturn, GameBoy, Game Gear, and the DOS in 1996. In the one or two-player side-scrolling arcade game you battled various villains from the Iron Man and X-O Manowar comic book series.
Iron Man's armor Iron Man's armor refers to the various powered armor suits used by Tony Stark in his superheroic activities. Unlike most other superheroes, the appearance and abilities of the Iron Man armor are continually in flux as Stark continually modifies and upgrades his equipment.
Iron Maniac Iron Maniac is a Marvel comic book character created by Robert Kirkman and Scott Kolins, who is an evil alternate universe version of the regular Marvel Universe character Tony Stark, aka Iron Man. He first appeared in Marvel Team-Up (Vol.
Iron Mike Iron Mike is the de facto name of various monuments commemorating servicemen of the United States military. The term "Iron Mike" is uniquely American slang used to refer to men who are especially tough, brave, and inspiring.
Iron Monger The Iron Monger is an identity used by several fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe, most of whom have been supervillains. The first and most notable person to use that identity was billionaire industrialist Obadiah Stane, who used the Iron Monger armor in the climax of a long-running conflict with his nemesis, Iron Man.
Iron Monkey (band) Iron Monkey were a sludge metal band that formed in Nottingham, England in 1994. The original members were Justin Greaves (Drums), Johnny Morrow (Vocals), Jim Rushby (Guitar), Steve Watson (Guitar) and Doug Dalziel (Bass).
Iron ore in Africa Iron ore production in Africa is dominated by South Africa, Mauritania and Algeria; Zimbabwe and Morocco produce ore for use within the country. Many countries possess iron ore deposits that are as yet unmined.
Iron plantation Iron plantation was a small scale iron production facility common in the South prior to the 1900s. It involved a process of smelting that produced an inferior grade of iron called pig iron that did not require a large scale industrial process to produce higher grades of iron.
Iron poisoning Iron poisoning is caused by an excess of iron in the blood. It is relatively common in young children who consume large quantities of iron supplement pills, which resemble sweets and are widely used, particularly by pregnant women.
Iron Palm Iron palm is a body of techniques in various hard style Chinese martial arts. These techniques are typically meant to condition the hands to allow a practitioner to deliver very powerful blows without injury to his or her body.
Iron rings Iron rings were used in martial arts as a type of weight training, which were put on the arms to harden the muscle skin or bone. They were also used in the movie Kung Fu Hustle by an effiminate tailor played by Chiu Chi Ling.
Iron Range The Iron Range and Arrowhead are overlapping regions that make up the northeastern section of Minnesota in the United States. "The Range", as it is known by locals, is a region with multiple distinct bands of iron ore.
Iron Range Yellow Jackets The Iron Range Yellow Jackets were a Junior "B" ice hockey team from Iron Range, Minnesota, United States. This defunct hockey team was a part of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League and an interleague member of the Tier II Junior "A" Superior International Junior Hockey League.
Iron Realms Entertainment Iron Realms Entertainment (formerly known as Achaea LLC) is a computer game development company that has created the MUDs "Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands", "Aetolia, The Midnight Age", "Imperian, the Sundered Heavens" and "Lusternia, Age of Ascension". Iron Realms Entertainment is known for three things:
Iron Rhine The Iron Rhine (Dutch: IJzeren Rijn / German: Eiserner Rhein) is a freight railway connecting the port of Antwerp in Belgium to Mönchengladbach in Germany by way of Neerpelt and the Dutch towns of Weert and Roermond.
Iron Ring Clock The Iron Ring Clock is a clock of unusual design created by four Mechanical Engineering students at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The clock was designed and built as a thesis project during their final year, and took a year to complete.
Iron shirt Iron Shirt is a form of hard style martial art exercise for protecting the human body from impacts in a fight. Some martial arts are based on the idea that a correctly trained body can withstand more damage than one that is untrained.
Iron sights The term iron sights refers to the open, unmagnified system used to assist the aiming of a variety of devices, usually those intended to launch projectiles, such as firearms, airguns, and crossbows; they are also used on many telescopes to help point the telescope at a desired target. Iron sights usually consist of some form of notch or aperture in the rear sight and a post, bead or ring in the front sight.
Iron Seed Iron Seed is a 1994 DOS computer game, developed and published by Channel 7. It is a real-time strategy, science fiction, space game in which the player must develop the strength and knowledge necessary to unite the free worlds, and defeat the alien horde that threatens the galaxy.
Iron Spawn Iron Spawn is a fictional character and an Amalgam Comics superhero, whose true debut was in Iron Spawn #1, though his first (metafictional) appearance in the Amalgam universe was in Immortal Suspense #1. He is a combination of Marvel Comics' Iron Man and Image Comics' Spawn.
Iron Station, North Carolina Iron Station, North Carolina is a small town in Lincoln County just outside of Lincolnton. A primarily industrial town, Iron Station's population as of the 2000 census was 6,210 in 2,389 homes with a population density of 154.
Iron Storm (computer game) Iron Storm is a First-person shooter video game published by Wanadoo Edition in 2002. Set in an alternative history in which World War I never ended, it takes place during the 1960s and focuses on an Allied soldier's missions to help end the war between an American/Western European alliance and a Russo-Mongolian Empire.
Iron triangle In United States politics, "iron triangle" is a term used by political scientists to describe the policy-making relationship between the legislature, the bureaucracy, and interest groups. On the federal level, the phrase specifically refers to the United States Congress (particularly the congressional committees responsible for oversight and regulation), specific executive federal agencies (often the independent agencies) responsible for regulation, and national interest groups.
Iron vote The "iron vote" (鐵票; pinyin: tiě piào) is a Taiwanese political term for a voter that can be reliably counted on to vote for one party or another. These usually include strong supporters of Taiwan independence or Chinese reunification.
Iron Warrior The Iron Warrior is a bi-weekly publication created by Faculty of Engineering students at the University of Waterloo. There are five issues published each term, plus a special Frosh Week issue in the first week of the Fall term for a total of 16 issues every year.
Iron Wolf Iron Wolf is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. The ride, a stand-up coaster making its debut in 1990, was the first roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard since the formation of their company.
Iron Wolf (Lithuania) Iron Wolf (GeleĹľinis Vilkas, also known as the Iron Wolf Association or the Iron Wolves) was a Lithuanian fascist movement formed by Augustinas Voldemaras in 1927. Set up as a guard movement, the Iron Wolves were used by Voldemaras to target his political opponents.
Iron-Crutch Li Iron-crutch Li (李铁拐/李鐵拐, PY: Lǐ Tiěguǎi, WG: Li T'ieh-kuai, Japanese: Tekkai) is the most ancient of the Eight Immortals of the Daoist pantheon. He is irascible and ill-tempered, but also benevolent to the poor, sick and the needy, whose suffering he alleviates with medicine from his gourd bottle.
Iron-gall nut ink Iron-gall nut ink is a purple-black ink made from iron salts and tannin from vegetable sources. It was the standard writing and drawing ink in Europe, from about the 12th century to the 19th century, and remained in use well into the 20th century.
Iron-sulfur cluster An iron-sulfur cluster is a structural motif found in certain metalloproteins, such as the ferredoxins, as well as NADH dehydrogenase and Coenzyme Q - cytochrome c reductase of the electron transfer system. There are at least three distinct kinds of iron-sulfur clusters:
Iron-sulfur world theory The iron-sulfur world theory is a hypothesis for the origin of life advanced by Günter Wächtershäuser involving forms of iron and sulfur. Wächtershäuser claims that an early form of metabolism predated genetics.
Iron(II) hydroxide Iron(II) hydroxide or ferrous hydroxide is an insoluble compound produced when iron(II) ions, from a compound such as iron (II) sulfate react with hydroxide ions. Iron(II) hydroxide itself is practically white, but even traces of oxygen impart it with a greenish tinge.
Iron(III) bromide Iron(III) bromide is the chemical compound with the formula FeBr3. Also known as ferric bromide and iron tribromide, this red-brown compound is used as a Lewis acid catalyst in the halogenation of aromatic compounds.

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