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refractory
adj
- 1. Difficult to control; stubborn; unmanageable.
- Thesaurus: stubborn, obstinate, recalcitrant, intractable, headstrong, mulish, uncooperative, disobedient, willful, unruly; Antonym: cooperative, obedient.
- Said of a disease: resistant to treatment.
- Said of a nerve, etc: unresponsive to stimuli.
- refractories
1. chem.
- A material that has a high melting point and is therefore able to withstand high temperatures without crumbling or softening, eg silica, fireclay and metal oxides, which are used to line furnaces, etc.
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