Thesaurus / elongated
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It was bordered by trees for almost its entire length on both sides, and it was shaped like a enormous, elongated comma.
THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS OF ROSELAWNMARGARET PENROSEThe thin lips and pointed chin of the elongated face suggest the fox.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANJake was clubfooted, lumbering, with his jaws grown into great jowls of bone, his arms elongated and ending in hooks.
VALLEY OF THE CROENLEE TARBELLAt OLearys call, the elongated figure pulled up abruptly, and Drinkwaters gipsy face loomed high in the door-frame.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSONHis feet are strong and made for digging; the metatarsus is elongated, and he has five toes on each foot.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME IX (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFONIt stands in a quadrangle, roofed in, and above rise some of those curious elongated domes we saw from the boat.
ROUND THE WONDERFUL WORLDG. E. MITTONOn passing the sun, the rim of Venus was elongated as though attracted.
CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERSJULES VERNEIn another one-celled animal called vorticella, part of the cell has become elongated and is contractile.
A CIVIC BIOLOGYGEORGE WILLIAM HUNTERThat smoke hung in the air like a large, elongated balloon with the small end disappearing between his lips.
THE DAY TIME STOPPED MOVINGBRADNER BUCKNERThe sea-leopard, the only predacious member of the seal family, has an elongated agile body and a large head with massive jaws.
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARDDOUGLAS MAWSONWORDS RELATED TO ELONGATED
- continued
- deep
- distant
- dragging
- drawn-out
- elongate
- elongated
- enduring
- enlarged
- expanded
- extensive
- far-off
- far-reaching
- faraway
- gangling
- great
- high
- lanky
- lasting
- lengthened
- lengthy
- lingering
- lofty
- long-drawn-out
- longish
- outstretched
- overlong
- prolonged
- rangy
- remote
- running
- spread-out
- spun out
- stretch
- stretched
- stretching
- stringy
- sustained
- tall
- towering
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