ectasis /ekˈtə-sis/

1. The lengthening of a short syllable
2. Abnormal stretching (medicine)

• be a sucker for
• beat
• beatable
• beat about the bush
• beatae memoriae
• be at a loose end
• beat a record
• beat a retreat
• be at bay
• beatbox
• beatboxed
• beatboxes
• beatboxing
• beat down
• beat-'em-up
• beaten
• beater
• beaters
• beat generation
• beath
• beathed
• beathing
• beaths
• beatific
• beatifical