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Refraction
- noun - the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
- the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
Refractive
- adjective - capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)
- of or relating to or capable of refraction; "the refractive characteristics of the eye"
Refractory
- adjective - lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
- not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"
- rebellious
- stubborn
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"
- temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"
Refracture
- verb - break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist"
Rejoicings
- noun - a feeling of great happiness
- the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
Renascence
- noun - a second or new birth
- the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
- the revival of learning and culture
Renascency
- - State of being renascent.
Renascible
- - Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into being.
Renunciant
- adjective - used especially of behavior
Replacings
- noun - the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"