"Ectasis" is a word in ENGLISH

A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one …

A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.

Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds.

A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling …

To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.

To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.

A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.

To lengthen out; to prolong.

To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.

That which lengthens out; continuation.

The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

To lengthen.

To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to …

A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner.

Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.

In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element. The term is …

Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a …

To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; …