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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..

Lingering :: Lingering (a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease..

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..

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

Protrusile :: Protrusile (a.) Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile; protrusive.

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

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

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire..

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

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war..

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

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..

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

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

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract..

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A plot on paper.

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

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..

Overspin :: Overspin (v. t.) To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.

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