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

Linger :: Linger (v. t.) To protract; to draw out.

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) The act or process of making a plot on paper.

Refresher :: Refresher (n.) An extra fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another, or that is unusually protracted..

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interminable :: Interminable (a.) Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings..

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