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Stubby :: Stubborn (a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule..

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..

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..

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

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

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

Repugnant :: Repugnant (a.) Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature..

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

Pervicacious :: Pervicacious (a.) Obstinate; willful; refractory.

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

Calcitrant :: Calcitrant (a.) Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.

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..

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..

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..

Recalcitration :: Recalcitration (n.) A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.

Refractory :: Refractory (n.) Refractoriness.

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..

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

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

Turbulent :: Turbulent (a.) Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits..

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