Usually means: Resistant to process, heat, treatment.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. refractory: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. refractory: Merriam-Webster
  3. refractory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. refractory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. refractory: Collins English Dictionary
  6. refractory: Vocabulary.com
  7. Refractory, refractory: Wordnik
  8. refractory: Wiktionary
  9. refractory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. refractory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. refractory: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. refractory: Dictionary.com
  13. Refractory (disambiguation), Refractory (planetary science), Refractory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Refractory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. refractory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. refractory: Rhymezone
  17. Refractory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. refractory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. refractory: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. refractory: FreeDictionary.org
  21. refractory: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. refractory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. refractory: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. refractory: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. refractory: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. refractory: Encyclopedia

Medicine (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. refractory: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Refractory: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  7. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  9. refractory: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  10. GI Disorders (No longer online)
  11. Refractory: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms
  12. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  13. refractory: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  14. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  15. refractory: Medical dictionary
  16. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  17. Refractory: Drug Medical Dictionary
  18. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Refractory: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. refractory: Urban Dictionary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Metal Terminology (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Common Hearth and Heating Terms (No longer online)
  3. Explosives (No longer online)
  4. "https://digitalfire.com/4sight/glossary/r.html">Refractory: Ceramic Terminology Glossary
  5. Refractory: Pottery Studio

(Note: See refractories as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.
adjective:  Not affected by great heat.
adjective:  (medicine) Resistant to treatment; not responding adequately to therapy.
adjective:  (biology) Incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus.
noun:  A material or piece of material, such as a brick, that has a very high melting point.
noun:  A plant or factory that produces such material.

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