retardancy
noun
re·tard·an·cy
-nsē
plural -es
: the quality or capacity of retarding
a paint having fire retardancy
Word History
Etymology
retard entry 1 + -ancy
- an brother
- an corpuscle
- an curvature
- an end
- an end in itself
- an et haec olim me
- an eye for an eye
- an function
- an granulation
- an harmonica
- an hour
- an if
- an mountains
- An Nafūd
- An Najaf
- An Nhon
- an open book
- an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
- an peninsula
- an pheasant
- an photography
- an sandpiper
- an shan sheep
- an sorites
- an stanza