Word: retardent
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There are also some courses, as for example English 72, where a degree of mental enthusiasm rather above first year standards is required to keep pace with the abundance of materials. The presence of an average Freshman or Sophomore does just so much to retard the progress of his scholastic superiors...
...Lionel and Mower Halls and the Counting House the plumbing is not complete. A bricklayer's strike would retard Lionel Hall and a carpenters' strike would stop most work on all three buildings...
Only a general strike of all trades could seriously retard the work in the interior of Massachusetts Hall. The completed exterior has been restored to its original appearance and two chimneys, lacking in the building which burned, have been erected on foundations provided in the original building...
...time has, however, not yet arrived when the different churches can function in one organization and any attempt prematurely to force such an arrangement would retard the cause of unity rather than...
...that there was not one explosion in a cylinder but two, in close succession. Various lead compounds were mixed with gasoline and tested to improve the operation. It was found that if 1 part of tetraethyl lead were added to 1,000 parts of gasoline, the effect was to retard the explosions- providing one slower detonation instead of two more rapid ones. This improvement prevents "knocking" in ordinary engines and, to a large degree, the deposit of carbon in cylinders. It laid open the possibility of building a new and more efficient type of engine to use the new mixture...