Tract :: Tract (v.) Something drawn out or extended; expanse.

Tract :: Tract (v.) A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea..

Tract :: Tract (v.) Traits; features; lineaments.

Tract :: Tract (v.) The footprint of a wild beast.

Tract :: Tract (v.) Track; trace.

Tract :: Tract (v.) Treatment; exposition.

Tract :: Tract (v.) Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech..

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

Tract :: Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons..

Tract :: Tract (v. t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact..

Tractability :: Tractability (n.) The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.

Tractable :: Tractable (v. t.) Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner..

Tractable :: Tractable (v. t.) Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures..

Tractarian :: Tractarian (n.) One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called Tracts for the Times, issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite..

Tractarian :: Tractarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles..

Tractarianism :: Tractarianism (n.) The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the Tracts for the Times..

Tractate :: Tractate (n.) A treatise; a tract; an essay.

Tractation :: Tractation (n.) Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion.

Tractator :: Tractator (n.) One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian..

Tractile :: Tractile (a.) Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.

Tractility :: Tractility (n.) The quality of being tractile; ductility.

Traction :: Traction (n.) The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle..

Traction :: Traction (n.) Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug..

Traction :: Traction (n.) Attraction; a drawing toward.

Traction :: Traction (n.) The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like..

Tractite :: Tractite (n.) A Tractarian.

Tractitious :: Tractitious (a.) Treating of; handling.

Tractive :: Tractive (a.) Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power..

Tractor :: Tractor (n.) That which draws, or is used for drawing..

Tractor :: Tractor (n.) Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism..

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