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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

Protracter :: Protracter (n.) A protractor.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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