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Intonation :: Intonation (n.) Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t..

Long :: Long (superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 22, 30..

Prolonged :: Prolonged (imp. & p. p.) of Prolon.

Moan :: Moan (v. i.) To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously..

Howl :: Howl (n.) A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

Nepenthes :: Nepenthes (n.) A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant..

Belemnite :: Belemnite (n.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages..

Moan :: Moan (v. i.) A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan..

Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..

Hiss :: Hiss (n.) A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt..

Sigh :: Sigh (v. i.) A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing..

Scizorhinal :: Scizorhinal (a.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.

Coyote :: Coyote (n.) A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl..

Continuant :: Continuant (n.) A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.

Langaha :: Langaha (n.) A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade..

Mousetail :: Mousetail (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse..

Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes..

Continuant :: Continuant (a.) Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound..

Siphonobranchiata :: Siphonobranchiata (n. pl.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group..

Keen :: Keen (n.) A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.

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