Recalcitrant

ri-kal-si-truhnt (/rɪˈkæl sɪ trənt/)

stubbornly resistant to control; hard to manage.

“Lunar dust sounds recalcitrant in the worst way… the kind of grit that treats every surface like a long-term relationship.”

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a group of trained or otherwise qualified people who form the core of an organisation.

a love potion.

indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity; having a spiritual or mysterious quality.

(of a liquid or gas) filter gradually through a porous surface or substance.

a position that requires little work but provides benefit; something unusually easy or undemanding.

the quality of being especially noticeable or important.