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Reflux
- noun - A chemical technique in which a flask of boiling liquid is equipped with a condenser attached vertically to the mouth of the flask. The hot vapour rises, condenses and runs back down into the flask thereby preventing the contents from boiling off.
- an abnormal backward flow of body fluids
- the outward flow of the tide
Reform
- noun - a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
- a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
- break up the molecules of; "reform oil"
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
- change for the better;
- improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country"
- make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system"
- produce by cracking; "reform gas"
- self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
Refuel
- verb - provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars
- take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car
Refuge
- noun - a safe place; "He ran to safety"
- a shelter from danger or hardship
- act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"
Refund
- noun - money returned to a payer
- pay back; "Please refund me my money"
- the act of returning money received previously
Refuse
- noun -
- Denied
- deny or contradict
- elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
- food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- litter
- refuse entrance or membership; "
- refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ;
- show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
Refute
- verb - overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
- prove to be false or incorrect