Associations to the word «Refractory»

REFRACTORY, adjective. Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.

REFRACTORY, adjective. Not affected by great heat.

REFRACTORY, adjective. (medicine) Difficult to treat.

REFRACTORY, adjective. (biology) Incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus.

REFRACTORY, noun. A material or piece of material, such as a brick, that has a very high melting point.

REFRACTORY METAL, noun. A metal, such as molybdenum and tungsten, with a high refraction, hence a high melting point.

REFRACTORY METALS, noun. Plural of refractory metal

REFRACTORY PERIOD, noun. (biology) The period, after excitation, during which a membrane recovers it polarization and is not able to respond to a second stimulus

REFRACTORY PERIOD, noun. A recovery phase after orgasm during which it is physiologically impossible for an individual to have additional orgasms

REFRACTORY RHYME, noun. (linguistics) A word with no rhyme, a rhymeless word.

REFRACTORY RHYMES, noun. Plural of refractory rhyme

REFRACTORY, noun. Lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace.

REFRACTORY, adjective. Not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains".

REFRACTORY, adjective. Temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber".

REFRACTORY, adjective. Stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child".