| refractory | lining consisting of material with a high melting point |
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| refractory | resistant to authority or control |
| refractory | stubbornly resistant to authority or control |
| refractory | marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance |
| refractory | (medicine) not responding to treatment |
| refractory | 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) |
| refractory | 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) |
| refractory | (neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response |
| refractory | small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead |
| refractory | (of furnaces) lined with material that has a high melting point |