English words: reflux to refuter

300 English words, part 35 of 97 of the words starting with R, A to Z. 54 have a page of their own.

English words reflux to refuter

reflux noun, verb /ˈɹiː.flʌks/: The backwards flow of any fluid.
reflux condenser noun: A water-cooled, double walled piece of laboratory glassware that is fitted on top of a vessel of boiling liquid such that vapour condenses and flows back...
reflux esophagitis noun: The inflammation of the esophagus caused by GERD, in which stomach acid damages the lining.
refluxate noun: Material that has been subject to reflux, especially stomach acid that has leaked up into the oesophagus.
refluxer noun: An apparatus fitted with a reflux condenser.
refluxing noun, verb: An act of boiling with a reflux condenser.
refluxogenic adjective: That causes gastric reflux
refluxy adjective: Suffering from reflux of the stomach acid.
refly verb: To fly again.
refocillate verb: To revive or refresh.
refocillation noun: The restoration of strength by means of refreshment.
refocus verb: to focus on something else
refocusable adjective: Capable of being refocused.
refocuser noun: One who or that which changes focus.
refocusing noun, verb: A change of focus.
refold verb /ɹiːˈfoʊld/: To fold again.
refoldability noun: The ability to be refolded
refoldable adjective: Capable of being refolded
refoldase noun: Any enzyme that catalyzes refolding of a protein
refolder verb: To transfer to another folder.
refolding noun, verb: A second or subsequent folding.
refoliate verb: To undergo refoliation
refoliation noun: The regrowth of leaves, either in spring or following defoliation
refollow verb: To follow again.
refoment verb: To foment again.
refoot verb: To supply with a new foot.
refooting noun, verb: The act of supplying with a new foot.
reforbid verb: To forbid again.
reford verb: To ford (a body of water) again.
reforecast noun, verb /ɹiːˈfɔːkɑːst/: To forecast again.
reforest verb: To replant a forest, especially after clearcutting.
reforestation noun: The act or process of replanting a forest, especially after clear-cutting.
reforestization noun: reforestation.
reforestize verb: To reforest.
reforestment noun: Synonym of reforestation.
reforfeit verb: To forfeit again.
reforfeiture noun: The act of forfeiting something again.
reforge verb: To forge again.
reforger noun: Someone who reforges.
reforget verb: To forget again.
reforging noun, verb: The process of forging something again.
reforgive verb: To forgive again.
refork verb: To fork again.
reform adjective, noun, verb /ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/: The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
reform dress noun: Women's clothing that avoided corseting and other constraints in favour of a looser, more comfortable fit, especially as part of a movement to make women's...
Reform Jew noun: A follower of Reform Judaism.
reform mathematics noun: An approach to mathematics education, particularly in North America, that de-emphasizes the strict rote following of algorithms.
reform school noun: A penal institution for juveniles, especially males.
reformability noun: The quality of being reformable; potential for reform.
reformable adjective: That can be reformed.
reformade noun: A reformado.
reformado noun: A monk of a reformed order.
reformalization noun: The process or result of formalizing again.
reformalize verb: To formalize again.
reformandum noun: That which is to be reformed.
Reformasi proper noun: the political and military reformations that began with Fall of Suharto since May 1998 in Indonesia.
reformat verb: To format anew or again, generally erasing a previous format.
reformate noun: The product of a hydrocarbon reforming process; an intermediate in the production of fuels such as gasoline.
Reformati noun: A certain order of Franciscans.
reformation noun /ˌɹɛf.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/: An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the...
reformational adjective: Of or pertaining to reformation
reformationally adverb: In a reformational manner.
reformationary adjective: Synonym of reformational.
reformationism noun: Belief in the teachings of the Reformation.
Reformationist noun: A person involved in the Reformation.
reformative adjective: That serves to reform or correct
reformatively adverb: In a reformative manner.
reformator noun: A reformer.
reformatory adjective, noun /ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/: Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
Reformatsky enolate noun: The organozinc reagent used in the Reformatsky reaction.
Reformatsky reaction noun: An organic reaction which condenses aldehydes (or ketones) with α-halo esters, using a metallic zinc to form β-hydroxy-esters.
reformattable adjective: Capable of being reformatted.
reformatted adjective, verb: Having been formatted again.
reformatter noun: One who, or that which, reformats.
reformatting noun, verb: The act by which something is reformatted.
reformed adjective, verb: Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a...
reformedly adverb: In a reformed manner.
reformee noun: One who is the subject of a reform.
reformer noun: One who reforms, or who works for reform.
reformeress noun: A female reformer.
reforming noun, verb: reformation
reformingly adverb: So as to reform something; by way of reformation.
reformism noun: Any of several movements that promote reform
reformist adjective, noun: Advocating reform of an institution or body.
reformistic adjective: reformist; advocating reform
reformistly adverb: In a reformist manner.
reformulable adjective: Synonym of reformulatable.
reformulatable adjective: Able to be reformulated.
reformulate verb: To formulate again or differently.
reformulated gasoline noun: Gasoline with additives, such as MTBE and ethanol, to help prevent air pollution.
reformulation noun: The act of formulating anew.
reformulator noun: One who reformulates something.
refortification noun: A second or subsequent fortification.
refortify verb: fortify again
reforward verb: To forward again, to forward something that has already been forwarded.
refoul verb: To refuse entry to a country and repatriate (an immigrant or asylum-seeker)
refoulement noun /ɹəˈfuːlmɒ̃/: The involuntary sending of refugees or asylum seekers to their country of origin or another one, where they are likely to face persecution and harm.
refoulment noun: Alternative spelling of refoulement.
refound verb: To found again; to reestablish.
refoundation noun: The process of founding something anew.
refounder noun: One who refounds.
refoundress noun: A female refounder.
refoveate verb: To foveate again or anew; to reangle one's eyes such that the foveae are directed at a different object.
refract verb: Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction...
refractable adjective: Able to be refracted.
refracted adjective, verb: Turned out of its straight course.
refractedly adverb: In a refracted manner; by refraction.
refractedness noun: The quality of being refracted.
refractile adjective: Able to refract, refractive
refractility noun: The quality of being refractile.
refracting noun, verb: An act of refraction.
refracting telescope noun: A telescope which produces a magnified image by refracting light through a series of lenses housed in a tube, with a light-gathering objective lens at one...
refraction noun /ɹəˈfɹækʃən/: The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
refractional adjective: Relating to refraction.
refractionate verb: To fractionate again or further
refractionist noun: An optometrist who specialises in refractive problems.
refractious adjective: refractory
refractive adjective: That refracts; causing or relating to refraction.
refractive error noun: is a problem with focusing light accurately on the retina due to the shape of the eye and or cornea The most common types of refractive error are...
refractive index noun: The ratio of the speed of light in air or vacuum to that in another medium.
refractive power noun: Synonym of optical power.
refractively adverb: In a refractive manner
refractiveness noun: The quality or condition of being refractive.
refractivity noun: The quality or degree of being refractive.
refractometer noun: An optical instrument used to measure the refractive index of a substance.
refractometric adjective: Of or pertaining to refractometry
refractometrically adverb: By means of refractometry.
refractometry noun: the measurement of refractive index
refractor noun /ɹɪˈfɹæktə(ɹ)/: A refracting telescope.
refractorily adverb: In a refractory manner.
refractoriness noun: The quality of being refractory.
refractority noun: The condition of being refractory
refractory adjective, noun /ɹɪˈfɹæk.tə.ɹi/: Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.
refractory anaemia with excess blasts noun: One of the myelodysplastic syndromes, namely having between 5-20% myeloblasts in the bone marrow; by the WHO further subdivided into RAEB-1 and RAEB-2, with...
refractory metal noun: A metal, such as molybdenum or tungsten, with a high refraction, and hence a high melting point.
refractory period noun: The period, after excitation, during which a membrane recovers its polarization and is not able to respond to a second stimulus.
refractory rhyme noun: A word with no rhyme, a rhymeless word.
refracture noun, verb: To fracture again.
refragability noun: The quality or degree of being refrangible; refrangibility.
refragable adjective /ˈɹɛ.fɹə.ɡə.bəl/: Capable of being refuted; refutable.
refragableness noun: Synonym of refragability.
refragment verb: To fragment again.
refragmentation noun: fragmentation again
refrain noun, verb /ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/: To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
refrainer noun: One who refrains.
refraining noun, verb: The act of one who refrains from doing something.
refrainment noun: The act of refraining.
reframe noun, verb: To mount in a frame again.
reframer noun: One who reframes.
reframing noun, verb: Framing anew or again.
reframing time noun: Synonym of frame-alignment recovery time.
refranation noun: The failure of a planetary aspect to occur.
refranchise verb: to franchise again
refrangibility noun /ɹɪˈfɹændʒɪbəl/: The quality of being refrangible.
refrangible adjective /ɹɪˈfɹænd͡ʒɪbəl/: That may be refracted.
refrangibleness noun: The quality of being refrangible.
refreeze verb /ɹiːˈfɹiːz/: To freeze again.
refreezing noun, verb: The act or process of something freezing again after it has thawed or melted.
refrein noun: Alternative spelling of refrain.
refrenation noun: An act of refraining.
refresh noun, verb /ɹiˈfɹɛʃ/: To renew or revitalize.
refresh rate noun: Synonym of frame rate.
refresh someone's memory verb: To cause someone to remember something.
refreshable adjective: That can be refreshed (updated).
refreshable display noun: An electromechanical computer peripheral for blind people, translating on-screen text into tactile braille.
refreshaholic noun /ɹɪˌfɹɛʃəˈhɒlɪk/: Someone who feels a compulsion to continually refresh their web browser to check for new content.
refreshant noun: Anything that refreshes.
refreshedness noun: Synonym of refreshment.
refreshen verb: To freshen again.
refresher noun /ɹiˈfɹɛʃə/: Something that refreshes.
refresher course noun: A short course of additional training or updating knowledge of one's profession.
refreshful adjective: Having the ability to refresh; refreshing.
refreshfully adverb: In a refreshful manner.
refreshin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of refreshing.
refreshing adjective, noun, verb /ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/: That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
refreshingly adverb: In a refreshing manner.
refreshingness noun: The state of being refreshing.
refreshment noun /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/: The process of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.
refreshment car noun: A vehicle included in a train, in which refreshments (food and drink) are provided to passengers.
refreshment room noun: A room that was once common at larger railway stations in Britain and the British Commonwealth for the purpose of serving food and drink to travellers.
refret noun, verb: To replace the frets on (a musical instrument).
refrication noun: A rubbing up afresh; a brightening.
refried noun, verb: Ellipsis of refried bean.
refried beans noun: A dry to mushy paste made by boiling, mashing, and then frying particularly pinto or black beans, included in or served as anything from a main dish in...
refriend verb: To add again to one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website).
refrig noun: Abbreviation of refrigerator.
refrigerable adjective: Suitable for being refrigerated.
refrigerant adjective, noun: A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.
refrigeratable adjective: Suitable for being refrigerated.
refrigerate verb /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəɹeɪt/: To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.
refrigerating adjective, noun, verb: Causing refrigeration.
refrigeration noun: The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
refrigeration ton noun: Synonym of ton of refrigeration.
refrigerational adjective: Relating to refrigeration.
refrigerative adjective, noun: Cooling; allaying heat.
refrigerator noun /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tə/: A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh using refrigeration.
refrigerator-freezer noun: Synonym of fridge-freezer.
refrigerator magnet noun: Synonym of fridge magnet.
refrigerator pie noun: Synonym of icebox pie.
refrigerator truck noun: A van or truck designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures.
refrigeratorful noun: Enough to fill a refrigerator.
refrigeratorless adjective: Without a refrigerator.
refrigeratorlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a refrigerator.
refrigeratory adjective, noun: a vessel filled with cold running water, surrounding the worm. The vapour within is thereby condensed.
refrigerium noun: Cooling refreshment; refrigeration.
refrighten verb: To frighten again.
refringe verb: To infringe.
refringence noun: refractive power; refraction
refringency noun: The power of a substance to refract a ray.
refringent adjective: That refracts; refractive
refront verb: To change the front of (a building).
refrozen adjective, verb: Having been frozen again.
refruiting noun: The formation of a second crop of fruit.
refrustrate verb: To frustrate again.
refry verb: To fry again.
refs noun, verb: A scheduled meal break during a shift.
refsheet noun: An image showing an original character from different angles, intended to be used as a reference when drawing them.
Refsum disease noun: Alternative form of Refsum's disease.
Refsum's disease noun: A peroxisomal neurological disease that results in the malformation of myelin sheaths around nerve cells.
reft noun, verb /ɹɛft/: A chink; a rift.
reftel noun: A telegram referenced within another message; especially in the context of diplomatic cables.
refudiate verb /ɹɪˈfjuː.di.eɪt/: To repudiate, to oppose.
refuel noun, verb /ɹiːˈfjuːəl/: To refill with fuel.
refuelable adjective: Alternative form of refuellable.
refueler noun: One who refuels.
refueling noun, verb: The act of providing or taking on more fuel
refuellable adjective: Capable of being refuelled.
refueller noun: Alternative spelling of refueler.
refuelling noun, verb: The provision of more fuel to replace that used up.
refuge noun, verb /ˈɹɛfjuːd͡ʒ/: A state of safety, protection or shelter.
refuge island noun: A raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street crossing, allowing pedestrians to pause safely in the middle of the road.
refugee noun, verb /ˈɹɛfjʊd͡ʒiː/: A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war,...
refugee camp noun: A camp where refugees seek shelter.
refugeedom noun: The state of being a refugee.
refugeehood noun: The state of being a refugee.
refugeeism noun: The state of being a refugee.
refugeeship noun: The status of a refugee.
refugeless adjective: Without a refuge.
refugial adjective: Relating to a refugium.
Refugio proper noun /ɹɪˈfjʊɹioʊ/: A town, the county seat of Refugio County, Texas, United States.
refugitive adjective, noun: A fugitive who seeks refuge in another state or country.
refugium noun: Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.
refujew noun: A Jewish refugee.
refulge verb: To shine brightly; to be refulgent.
refulgence noun /ɹɪˈfʌl.d͡ʒənts/: the quality of being refulgent; refulgency
refulgency noun: The property of being refulgent.
refulgent adjective /ɹəˈfʌld͡ʒənt/: Resplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
refulgently adverb: In a refulgent manner.
refumigate verb: To fumigate again.
refumigation noun: A second or subsequent fumigation.
refunction verb: To transform (a culture or institution, etc.) in order to promote social change.
refunctionalization noun: The process of refunctionalizing.
refunctionalize verb: To modify the function or purpose of; to repurpose.
refunctioning noun, verb: A transformation that refunctions something.
refund noun, verb /ɹɪˈfʌnd/: To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
refundability noun: The quality of being refundable.
refundable adjective, noun: Able to be refunded in case of customer dissatisfaction, loss, breakage etc.
refundee noun: One who receives a refund.
refunder noun: Someone who refunds.
refunding noun, verb: The return of money paid; a refund.
refundment noun: The act of refunding.
refunnel verb: To redirect (money or resources) to another department or project.
refurb noun, verb /ˈɹiːfɜːb/: to refurbish
refurbish noun, verb /ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/: To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.
refurbishable adjective: Capable of being refurbished.
refurbished adjective, verb: Rebuilt or replenished with all new material; or, restored to its original (or a better) working order and appearance.
refurbishing noun, verb: The act by which something is refurbished.
refurbishment noun: The act of refurbishing; a renovation.
refurl verb: To furl again or anew.
refurnish verb: To furnish again; to get new furniture for.
refurnishment noun: The act of refurnishing.
refusable adjective: That can be refused.
refusal noun /ɹɪˈfjuːzl̩/: The act of refusing.
refusant noun: One who refuses something.
refuse adjective, noun, verb /ˈɹɛfjuːs/: Discarded, rejected.
refuse bin noun: trash bin, garbage can
refuse chute noun: Synonym of garbage chute.
refuse collector noun: A garbage man or garbage woman
refusednik noun: Alternative form of refusenik (“one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate”).
refusenik noun /ɹɪˈfjuːznɪk/: One of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate (typically but not exclusively a Jewish citizen denied permission to...
refuser noun: One who refuses.
refusingly adverb: So as to refuse; by way of refusal.
refusion noun /ɹiːˈfjuːʒən/: New or repeated melting, as of metals.
refusive adjective: Exhibiting or relating to refusal.
refusnik noun: Alternative spelling of refusenik.
refutability noun: The ability to be refuted; disprovability.
refutable adjective: Able to be refuted, or shown to be false.
refutably adverb: So as to be refutable.
refutal noun: Synonym of refutation.
refutandum noun: Something that is to be refuted.
refutation noun /ˌɹɛf.jʊˈteɪ.ʃən/: An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of...
refutational adjective: Related to, or characteristic of refutation
refutationally adverb: In terms of refutation
refutationism noun: A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted it is...
refutationist noun: A proponent of refutationism.
refutative adjective: Serving to refute; refutatory.
refutatively adverb: In a refutative manner.
refutatory adjective: Tending to refute.
refute verb /ɹɪˈfjuːt/: To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
refuter noun: A person who refutes with an argument or example.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under R: 28,843 words, in 97 parts.