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refractory
(encz) | refractory,nepoddajný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
refractory
(encz) | refractory,neústupný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Refractory
(gcide) | Refractory \Re*frac"to*ry\, n.
1. A refractory person. --Bp. Hall.
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2. Refractoriness. [Obs.] --Jer. TAylor.
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3. OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux
and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other
articles. --Knight.
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Refractory
(gcide) | Refractory \Re*frac"to*ry\ (-r?), a. [L. refractorius, fr.
refringere: cf. F. refractaire. See Refract.]
1. Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn;
unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.
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Raging appetites that are
Most disobedient and refractory. --Shak.
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2. Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion,
reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and
the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the
hammer; as, a refractory ore.
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Syn: Perverse; contumacious; unruly; stubborn; obstinate;
unyielding; ungovernable; unmanageable.
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refractory
(wn) | refractory
adj 1: not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a
refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains" [syn:
refractory, stubborn]
2: temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous
or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"
3: stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious
animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory
child" [syn: fractious, refractory, recalcitrant]
n 1: lining consisting of material with a high melting point;
used to line the inside walls of a furnace [syn: {furnace
lining}, refractory] |
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refractory
(encz) | refractory,nepoddajný adj: Zdeněk Brožrefractory,neústupný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
refractory anaemia
(encz) | refractory anaemia, n: |
refractory anemia
(encz) | refractory anemia, n: |
refractory period
(encz) | refractory period, n: |
refractory pot
(encz) | refractory pot, n: |
refractory-lined
(encz) | refractory-lined, adj: |
refractory
(wn) | refractory
adj 1: not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a
refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains" [syn:
refractory, stubborn]
2: temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous
or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"
3: stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious
animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory
child" [syn: fractious, refractory, recalcitrant]
n 1: lining consisting of material with a high melting point;
used to line the inside walls of a furnace [syn: {furnace
lining}, refractory] |
refractory anaemia
(wn) | refractory anaemia
n 1: any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully
treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and
that are not associated with another primary disease) [syn:
refractory anemia, refractory anaemia] |
refractory anemia
(wn) | refractory anemia
n 1: any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully
treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and
that are not associated with another primary disease) [syn:
refractory anemia, refractory anaemia] |
refractory period
(wn) | refractory period
n 1: (neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber
contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response |
refractory pot
(wn) | refractory pot
n 1: a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to
separate precious metals from e.g. lead [syn: {bone-ash
cup}, cupel, refractory pot] |
refractory-lined
(wn) | refractory-lined
adj 1: (of furnaces) lined with material that has a high melting
point |
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