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Siphonata :: Siphonata (n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug..

Prolongated :: Prolongated (imp. & p. p.) of Prolongat.

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..

Prolongate :: Prolongate (v. t.) To prolong; to extend in space or in time.

Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation..

Race :: Race (n.) Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life..

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

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

Prolongable :: Prolongable (a.) Capable of being prolonged; as, life is prolongable by care..

Stare :: Stare (v. i.) To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object..

Diatribe :: Diatribe (n.) A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic..

Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain..

Sivatherium :: Sivatherium (n.) A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species..

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

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon.

Short :: Short (adv.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30..

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

Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail..

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.

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..

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