refractory
Refractory is a 10 letter word which starts with the letter R and ends with the letter Y for which we found 5 definitions.
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| (a.) Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as a refractory child; a refractory beast. |
| (a.) Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion reduction or the like; -- said especially of metals and the like which do not readily yield to heat or to the hammer; as a refractory ore. |
| (n.) A refractory person. |
| (n.) Refractoriness. |
| (n.) OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln to communicate a glaze to the other articles. |
Syllable Information
The word refractory is a 10 letter word that has 4 syllable 's . The syllable division for refractory is: re-frac-to-ry
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