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Ironwood
- noun - a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
- exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
- 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
- medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
Irrupted
- verb - enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
- erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
- increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
Ordained
- verb - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
- fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")
- invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
- invested with ministerial or priestly functions; "an ordained priest"
- issue an order
- order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
Ordinand
- noun - a person being ordained
- candidate for ordination
Oriented
- verb - adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings"
- adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout"
- be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"
- cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"
- determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest"
- familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"
Orphaned
- verb - deprive of parents
- deprived of parents by death or desertion
Prattled
- verb - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Preached
- verb - deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
- speak, plead, or argue in favor of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
Preceded
- verb - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
- be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
- come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
- furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
- move ahead (of others) in time or space