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Gentle :: Gentle (superl.) Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse..

Refractory :: Refractory (a.) Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast..

Intractable :: Intractable (a.) Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child..

Gannister :: Gannister (n.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads..

Unruly :: Unruly (superl.) Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct..

Refractory :: Refractory (n.) A refractory person.

Disobedient :: Disobedient (a.) Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts..

Deflagrate :: Deflagrate (v. t.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame..

Restive :: Restive (a.) Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory..

Refractory :: Refractory (n.) Refractoriness.

Refractorily :: Refractorily (adv.) In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately.

Refractor :: Refractor (n.) Anything that refract.

Refractory :: Refractory (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..

Bulldog :: Bulldog (n.) A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill..

Refractor :: Refractor (n.) A refracting telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the refraction of light in passing through a convex lens..

Recalcitrant :: Recalcitrant (a.) Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory..

Disobey :: Disobey (v. t.) Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws..

Haggard :: Haggard (a.) Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk..

Willful :: Willful (a.) Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc..

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