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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..

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

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..

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

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

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

Yowl :: Yowl (n.) A loud, protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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