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

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

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..

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot..

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.

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A plot on paper.

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

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

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

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

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

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