Definition of long

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Long (superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 22, 30..

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Sustained :: Suspired (a.) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.
Patrician :: Patrician (n.) Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility..
Molossus :: Molossus (n.) A foot of three long syllables.
Fornix :: Fornix (n.) Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain..
Foreganger :: Foreganger (n.) A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer lin/ may be attached..
Squirarchy :: Squirarch (n.) One who belongs to the squirarchy.
Fossulate :: Fossulate (a.) Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows..
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag..
Sworded :: Swordbill (n.) A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird..
Avoset :: Avoset (n.) A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana..
Oblong-ovate :: Oblong-ovate (a.) Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter..
Tailed :: Tailed (a.) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc..
Long :: Long (superl.) Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book..
Running :: Running (a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation..
Longulite :: Longulite (n.) A kind of crystallite having a (slender) acicular form.
Loris :: Loris (n.) Any one of several species of small lemurs of the genus Stenops. They have long, slender limbs and large eyes, and are arboreal in their habits. The slender loris (S. gracilis), of Ceylon, in one of the best known species..
Snout :: Snout (n.) The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag..
Semi-saxon :: Semi-Saxon (a.) Half Saxon; -- specifically applied to the language intermediate between Saxon and English, belonging to the period 1150-1250..
Drakestone :: Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes..
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