Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z refile To file again or differently. refiler One who refiles. refiling The act of filing (a legal case, etc.) again. refill An additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost. refillability The quality of being refillable. refillable Capable of being filled again. refiller One who, or that which, refills. refilling The act of filling again; a refill. refilm To film again. refilming The process of filming something again. refilter To filter again. refiltering The act of filtering again. refiltration A second or subsequent filtration. refinability The condition of being refinable refinable Capable of being refined refinage The process of refining. refinalization legal finalization of an adoption again, as when moving to a new region that does not recognise the previous adoption refinance To renew the terms of a loan. refinanceable Able to be refinanced. refinancer One who refinances refinancing One or more loans or other borrowings that repay and replace previous financings. refind To find something again. refindable Capable of being found again. refine To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities. refined Sagacious, sometimes (derogatory) oversubtle or feigning sagacity. refinedly In a refined manner. refinedness Quality of being refined. refinement The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material refiner One who, or that which, refines. refinery A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals. refinger To finger again or differently. refining Refinement (process of refining) refiningly So as to refine. refinish To finish again; especially, to apply a fresh finish, as a new coat of varnish or paint. refinisher A provider of refinishing services refire To fire again. refiring An act of firing again. refistulization The formation again of a fistula. refit The process of having something fitted again, repaired or restored. refitment The act of refitting, or the state of being refitted. refittable Able to be refitted. refitter One who refits, or fits out again. refitting The act by which something is refitted; a refit. refix To fix again. refixate To fixate again refixation The fixing in place of something that had previously been removed refixational Relating to refixation refixture To furnish with new fixtures. reflag To change the flag on a vessel, etc. reflagellation A second or subsequent flagellation, typically following deflagellation reflame To kindle into flame again; to relight. reflare To flare or flare up again. reflash To flash again; to overwrite the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip. reflashable Capable of being reflashed. reflashing An instance of something being reflashed. reflate To reinflate, to inflate again. reflation The act of restoring a deflated general level of prices to a previous or desired level. reflationary Of or pertaining to reflation. reflationism An economic policy of reflation. reflator A person who encourages reflation reflavor To flavor again or anew. reflect To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface. reflectability The quality of being reflectable; able to be reflected. reflectable Capable of being reflected or thrown back; reflexible. reflectance The ratio of the flux reflected to that incident on a surface. reflectarray A reflective array antenna. reflected Bent or sent back (especially of incident sound or light). reflectedly In a reflected manner; by reflection. reflectedness The quality of being reflected. reflectibility Quality of being reflectible; ability to be reflected. reflectible reflective reflectin A protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced stripes, the separation of which functions as a tunable diffraction grating to produce a range of reflective colours in the animal's skin reflecting An instance of reflection (in any sense). reflectingly With mental reflection; thoughtfully. reflection The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected. reflectional Relating to reflection. reflectionally In a reflectional manner. reflectionism The view that cultural phenomena (literature, art, etc.) simply mirror the ideology of the dominant economic patterns of society. reflectionless That does not involve reflection. reflectionlessly Without reflection. reflectionlessness Absence of a reflection. reflective That reflects, or redirects back to the source. reflectively In a reflective manner; meditatively. reflectiveness The state or property of being reflective. reflectivism Any of various theoretical approaches that oppose rational-choice accounts of social phenomena and, perhaps, positivism more generally. reflectivist One who adheres to reflectivism. reflectivity The property or quality of being reflective. reflectogram The set of data captured in an application of reflectography. reflectograph An image produced by reflectography. reflectographic Relating to reflectography. reflectography An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting and thus determine whether it is an original. reflectometer An instrument used to measure the reflectance of a surface. reflectometric Relating to reflectometry reflectometrically In a reflectometric manner reflectometry The science of the design and use of reflectometers. reflectoporn Exhibitionism of a sexual nature in which a person takes a photograph of a reflective object, such as a kettle or cutlery, so that their naked image appears in the reflection, and posts the pictures on the Internet, for example when listing the object for sale. reflector Something which reflects heat, light or sound, especially something having a reflecting surface. reflectorise Non-Oxford British standard spelling of reflectorize. reflectorization The process of reflectorizing. reflectorize To make (a traffic sign) reflective. reflectorless Lacking a reflector reflectory Relating to a reflex. reflectoscope A device for ultrasonic testing that works by timing the reflections of high-frequency vibrations. reflectoscopic Relating to a reflectoscope or reflectoscopy. reflectoscopy The use of the reflectoscope. reflectron A time-of-flight mass spectrometer that uses a static electric field to reverse the direction of travel of the ions entering it. reflet lustre; brilliancy of a surface; used especially in ceramics to denote the peculiar metallic brilliancy seen in lustred pottery such as majolica reflex An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing. reflexed Turned or bent backwards. reflexedly In a reflexed manner. reflexibility The quality or capability of being reflexible. reflexicon A word list that describes its own letter frequencies. reflexion Dated spelling of reflection. reflexional Dated spelling of reflectional. reflexionally Dated spelling of reflectionally. reflexity reflectivity reflexive Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject. reflexively In a reflexive manner. reflexiveness The state or quality of being reflexive. reflexivity The condition or state of being reflexive. reflexivizable Capable of being made reflexive. reflexivization The process of reflexivizing. reflexivize To make reflexive. reflexivizer That which makes something reflexive. reflexless Lacking reflexes. reflexlike Resembling or characteristic of a reflex. reflexly In a reflex manner. reflexmate A chess puzzle in which white, moving first, must force black to deliver checkmate within a specified number of moves. reflexness The quality of being reflex. reflexogenic That induces a reflex. reflexogenous Synonym of reflexogenic reflexograph An apparatus used to record one's reflexes graphically. reflexological Of or pertaining to reflexology. reflexologically In terms of reflexology. reflexologist a practitioner of reflexology reflexology The study and interpretation of behavior in terms of simple and complex reflexes. reflexotherapy The therapeutic use of reflexology reflight A second or subsequent flight. reflip To flip again. refloat To cause to float again. reflocculation A second or subsequent flocculation, especially following deflocculation reflog To flog again. reflood To flood again. reflooding An act of flooding again. refloor To fit with a new floor. reflooring The process of fitting with a new floor. reflorescence A new blossoming of a plant during the season. reflorescent That flowers again. refloss To floss again. reflotation flotation again