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Tarantism :: Tarantism (n.) A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music..

Lingering :: Lingering (a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease..

Howl :: Howl (n.) The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound..

Continuous :: Continuous (a.) Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity..

Yowl :: Yowl (n.) A loud, protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl..

Continued :: Continued (p. p. & a.) Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story..

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract..

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) The act or process of making a plot on paper.

Continue :: Continue (v. t.) To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness..

Malingerer :: Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability..

Interminable :: Interminable (a.) Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings..

Rhynchobdellea :: Rhynchobdellea (n. pl.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type..

Overspin :: Overspin (v. t.) To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire..

Long :: Long (superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide..

Protracted :: Protracted (imp. & p. p.) of Protrac.

Prolongation :: Prolongation (n.) The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction.

Tract :: Tract (v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.

Elongation :: Elongation (n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension..

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