10 Letter Words for Refractory
refractory
9 Letter Words for Refractory
efractory, refractor
8 Letter Words for Refractory
arrector, carroter, refactor
7 Letter Words for Refractory
acroter, carroty, crafter, creator, crofter, factory, ferrary, forayer, foreact, forecar, fratery, reactor, recarry, rectory, refract, torrefy, torreya, tracery
6 Letter Words for Refractory
actory, arrect, artery, atroce, carrot, carter, catery, coater, cotery, crafty, crater, crayer, factor, farcer, forcat, forcer, forcet, forray, frater, fratry, octary, orfray, orrery, rafter, rarefy, rarety, ratero, recart, recoat, rector, roarer, rorter, rotary, tarrer, terrar, terror, tracer, trocar
5 Letter Words for Refractory
actor, afore, afret, after, arefy, arret, arter, cafoy, carer, caret, carey, carot, carry, carte, carty, cater, cerat, certy, coart, coate, corer, corey, corta, coyer, craft, crare, crate, craye, creta, croat, croft, crore, ecart, erato, error, eyrar, facer, facet, facto, facty, farce, farcy, farer, fator, fayer, featy, ferry, fetor, foray, force, forcy, foret, forra, forte, forty, foyer, fract, frare, frary, frate, freya, freyr, frore, frory, fryer, oater, ocrea, ocyte, ofter, oracy, orary, orate, otary, racer, rafty, rarer, rater, react, recto, refry, retar, retro, retry, roary, roate, rocta, rorty, roter, royet, taroc, tarre, tarry, tayer, teary, terra, terry, toyer, trace, trefa, troca, tryer, yarer, yarto
4 Letter Words for Refractory
acer, acor, acre, aero, afer, afro, arco, aret, arte, arty, atef, atoc, atry, ayre, cafe, care, carf, carr, cart, cate, cera, cero, cert, coat, coef, coft, cora, core, corf, corr, cort, cory, cote, cray, croy, cyte, ecto, erat, eyot, eyra, face, fact, facy, fare, faro, fart, fate, fear, feat, ferr, feta, fore, fort, frae, frat, fray, fret, frey, froe, frot, fyce, oary, oaty, octa, ofay, orae, orca, orfe, orra, oyer, race, racy, raft, rare, rate, rato, rear, rect, refr, reft, roar, roer, roey, rort, rory, rota, rotc, rote, royt, ryfe, ryot, tace, taco, tare, taro, tarr, tear, teca, tera, terf, terr, toea, toey, torc, tore, torr, trac, tray, trey, troy, trye, tyer, tyro, tyrr, yafo, yare, yarr, yate, year, yeat, yeta, yore, yote
3 Letter Words for Refractory
ace, act, acy, aer, aft, aor, arc, are, arf, arr, art, ary, ate, aye, ayr, caf, car, cat, cay, ceo, cer, cor, cot, coy, cro, crt, cry, cte, ctf, cto, ctr, ear, eat, eco, ect, eft, eof, era, erf, err, ert, eta, etc, ety, eyr, fac, fao, far, fat, fay, fcy, fec, fer, fet, fey, foe, for, fot, foy, fra, fro, frt, fry, oaf, oar, oat, oca, oct, oer, oft, ora, orc, ore, orf, ort, ory, otc, oye, raf, rat, ray, rct, rea, rec, ref, roc, roe, rot, rte, rya, rye, tao, tar, tay, tea, tec, tef, ter, tfr, toa, toc, toe, tor, toy, tra, trf, try, tye, tyr, yar, yat, yea, yeo, yer, yet, yoe, yor, yot
Definitions for Refractory
[1] hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
[2] resisting ordinary methods of treatment.
[3] difficult to fuse, reduce, or work, as an ore or metal.
[4] a material having the ability to retain its physical shape and chemical identity when subjected to high temperatures.
[5] refractories, bricks of various shapes used in lining furnaces.
[6] unmanageable or obstinate
[7] med not responding to treatment
[8] (of a material) able to withstand high temperatures without fusion or decomposition
[9] a material, such as fireclay or alumina, that is able to withstand high temperatures: used to line furnaces, kilns, etc
Words related to Refractory
firm, stiff, contrary, disobedient, headstrong, mulish, obstinate, unmanageable, unruly, willful, hard, rigid, bullheaded, cantankerous, difficult, incorrigible, intractable, opinionated, perverse, rebellious
Words nearby Refractory
refractive keratotomy, refractivity, refractometer, refractometry, refractor, refractory, refractory anemia, refractory period, refractory state, refracture, refrain
Origin of Refractory
1600–10; variant of refractary (by analogy with adjectives in -ory1) < Latin refrāctārius stubborn, obstinate, equivalent to refrāct(us ) (see refract) + -ārius -ary
Other words from Refractory
re·frac·to·ri·ly , adverb
re·frac·to·ri·ness , noun
un·re·frac·to·ry , adjective
Word origin for Refractory
C17: variant of obsolete refractary ; see refract
Synonyms for Refractory
disobedient, headstrong, mulish, obstinate, unmanageable, unruly, willful
