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Letter :: Letter (n.) One who retards or hinders.

Venosity :: Venosity (n.) A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is..

Tardation :: Tardation (n.) The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation..

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry..

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay.

Hypodicrotous :: Hypodicrotous (a.) Exhibiting retarded dicrotism; as, a hypodicrotic pulse curve..

Accelerate :: Accelerate (v. t.) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment..

Trash :: Trash (v. t.) To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously..

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel..

Encumber :: Encumber (v. t.) To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning..

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway..

Antiseptic :: Antiseptic (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona..

Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill..

Retard :: Retard (v. i.) To stay back.

Retardment :: Retardment (n.) The act of retarding; retardation.

Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate..

Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.

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