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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An adjustable pattern used by tailors.

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

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

Protracter :: Protracter (n.) A protractor.

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

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

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

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