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

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..

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

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..

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..

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

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

Protracting :: Protracting (p. pr. vb. n.) of Protrac.

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

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

Protract :: Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.

Refresher :: Refresher (n.) An extra fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another, or that is unusually protracted..

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

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

Protracted :: Protracted (a.) Prolonged; continued.

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.

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..

Protrusile :: Protrusile (a.) Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile; protrusive.

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..

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