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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction..

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

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

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

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

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

Protractile :: Protractile (a.) Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile..

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