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

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

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..

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..

Prolix :: Prolix (a.) Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer.

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

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..

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A mathematical instrument for laying down and measuring angles on paper, used in drawing or in plotting. It is of various forms, semicircular, rectangular, or circular..

Protractive :: Protractive (a.) Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.

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

Tickle :: Tickle (v. t.) To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted..

Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To protract; to prolong; to extend.

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

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

Short :: Short (superl.) Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath..

Diagraph :: Diagraph (n.) A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale..

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..

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

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war..

Demicircle :: Demicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass..

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