flame retardant

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a compound used in cloth and plastic material to raise the ignition point of the material, thus making it resistant to fire.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1945–50

Hatuey asked the religious man holding the flame if indeed any Christians were in heaven.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An orange blossom of flame exploded on our screens as a new reality dawned.
The Resilient City: New York After 9/11|John Avlon|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What if it was the divine being who was a symbol for the original object of worship: the flame?
Spirit Tripping With Colombian Shamans|Chris Allbritton|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That is, until a rough-tongued Scotsman rekindled the flame.
Queen Victoria’s Secret Scottish Sex Castle|Clive Irving|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

According to their friend, producer/filmmaker Choke No Joke, it was over a mutual flame.
Did Beyoncé Just Accuse Jay Z of Cheating?|Marlow Stern|July 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like many another cavalier, he had a flame in every country, or rather, in every town which he visited.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The very soil in which it grew must be burned out with the flame of avenging justice.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The bushes seemed to burst into smoke and flame, and then came a crashing volley in return.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
A fiery intensity of light lay over it, as though any moment it must burst into sheets of flame.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
It is very combustible, burns with a pale blue flame, and is converted into water.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson