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General dictionaries General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. refractory: V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary [home, info]
  2. refractory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. refractory: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. refractory: Wiktionary [home, info]
  5. refractory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  6. refractory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  7. refractory: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  8. refractory: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  9. refractory: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  10. Refractory (disambiguation), Refractory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  11. Refractory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. refractory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  13. refractory: Rhymezone [home, info]
  14. Refractory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  15. refractory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  16. refractory: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms [home, info]
  17. refractory: Hutchinson's Dictionary of Difficult Words [home, info]
  18. refractory: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  19. refractory: Hutchinson Dictionaries [home, info]
  20. refractory: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words [home, info]
  21. refractory: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  22. refractory: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  23. refractory: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  24. refractory: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
  25. refractory: Worthless Word For The Day [home, info]

Art dictionaries Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. refractory: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Refractory: Construction Term Glossary [home, info]
  2. refractory: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. refractory: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. refractory: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary [home, info]
  2. Refractory: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary [home, info]
  3. refractory: Technical and Popular Medical Terms [home, info]
  4. Refractory: AIDSinfo Glossary [home, info]
  5. refractory: online medical dictionary [home, info]
  6. REFRACTORY: Lay Terms for Consent Forms [home, info]
  7. Refractory: GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary [home, info]
  8. Refractory: Hepatitis C Information Central [home, info]
  9. refractory: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary [home, info]
  10. Refractory: GI Disorders [home, info]
  11. Refractory: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms [home, info]
  12. Refractory: AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart [home, info]
  13. refractory: Dictionary of Cancer Terms [home, info]
  14. refractory: Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms [home, info]
  15. refractory: Medical dictionary [home, info]
  16. Refractory: WeMove Glossary of Terms [home, info]
  17. Refractory: Drug Medical Dictionary [home, info]
  18. refractory: Hyperdictionary [home, info]

Science dictionaries Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Refractory: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]
  2. refractory: Archaeology Wordsmith [home, info]
  3. Refractory: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry [home, info]

Tech dictionaries Tech (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. REFRACTORY: Metal Terminology [home, info]
  2. Refractory: Ceramic Glossary Database [home, info]
  3. Refractory, Refractory: Glossary of Glassmaking Terms [home, info]
  4. REFRACTORY: Glossary of Common Hearth and Heating Terms [home, info]
  5. Refractory: Explosives [home, info]
  6. Refractory: Ceramic Terminology Glossary [home, info]
  7. Refractory: Pest Management Glossary [home, info]
  8. Refractory: Principal Metals Glossary [home, info]
  9. Refractory: Pottery Studio [home, info]
  10. refractory: Glossary of Water Environment Terms [home, info]

Quick definitions (refractory)

noun:  lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
adjective:  not responding to treatment ("A refractory case of acne")
adjective:  resistant to authority or control ("As refractory as a mule")
adjective:  stubbornly resistant to authority or control ("A refractory child")
adjective:  marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance ("Everything revolves around a refractory individual genius")

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Phrases that include refractory:   absolute refractory period, refractory state, refractory cast, myocardial refractory state, psychological refractory period, more...

Words similar to refractory:   fractious, recalcitrant, refractories, refractorily, refractoriness, stubborn, diaclastic, furnace lining, more...


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