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Refractory
- adjective - lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
- not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"
- rebellious
- stubborn
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"
- temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"
Refracture
- verb - break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist"
Refragable
- - Capable of being refuted; refutable.
Refraining
- verb - choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
- resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
Refreshens
- verb - become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"
- make fresh again
Refreshers
- noun - a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments
- a drink that refreshes; "he stopped at the bar for a quick refresher"
- a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day
Refreshful
- adjective - imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
Refreshing
- verb - become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"
- imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
- make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us"
- make fresh again
- pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort"
- refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test"
Refringent
- - Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive; refracting; as, a refringent prism of spar.
Refuelings
- noun - the activity of supplying or taking on fuel