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Prolong :: Prolong (a.) To put off to a distant time; to postpone.

Diaphysis :: Diaphysis (n.) An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence.

Production :: Production (n.) The act of lengthening out or prolonging.

Melopiano :: Melopiano (n.) A piano having a mechanical attachment which enables the player to prolong the notes at will.

Great :: Great (superl.) Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval..

Point :: Point (n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes..

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..

Small :: Small (superl.) Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space..

Intone :: Intone (v. t.) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service..

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate..

Sostenuto :: Sostenuto (a.) Sustained; -- applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat prolonged or protacted..

Hiss :: Hiss (v. i.) To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval..

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

Swallow-tailed :: Swallowtail (n.) Any one of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn..

Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard..

Tube-nosed :: Tube-nosed (a.) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds.

Axis :: Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon..

Prolonger :: Prolonger (n.) One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space..

Intone :: Intone (v. i.) To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate..

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