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Keywords: Ceramic, Stubborn, Furnace, Melt, Stubbornly

Related Terms: Anneal, Annealing, Ceramic, Crucible , Firebrick, Fusible, Hardening, Heat, Quench, Temper, Tempering, Quenching, Normalizing, Thermoplastic, Carburizing, Sintering, Heat Treatment, Insulation, Thermal, Cold Working, Age Hardening, Cold Forming, Martempering, Thermal Mass, Lehr, Work Hardening, Fusibility, Cold Work, Cold Molding, Heat Treating, Hot Working, Hardenability, Glass, Preheating, Strain Hardening, Flame Hardening, Annealer, Fire Brick, Sinter, Annealed, Thermal Insulator, Cermet, Heat Affected Zone, Fired, Brittle Temperature, Softening Point, Fuse , Heat Resistance, Thermal Insulation, Heat-Affected Zone

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Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.

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OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles.

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Any solid ceramic material suitable as a structural or protective material at high temperatures in a corrosive environment.

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Resistant to heat, capable of standing high temperatures in the range of 1300 ºC plus.

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Keywords: Respond, Yield, Treatment, Therapy, Arrhythmic

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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.

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A tumour that does not respond to treatment.

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A disease that does not respond to a certain form of therapy.

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Referring to a disease that does not readily respond to treatment.

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