Definition of containing

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Containing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contai.

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Dormitory :: Dormitory (n.) A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school..
Aluminiferous :: Aluminiferous (a.) Containing alum.
Towned :: Towned (a.) Having towns; containing many towns.
Charnel :: Charnel (a.) Containing the bodies of the dead.
Lachrymary :: Lachrymary (a.) Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal..
Press :: Press (n.) An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or presses..
Melanoscope :: Melanoscope (n.) An instrument containing a combination of colored glasses such that they transmit only red light, so that objects of other colors, as green leaves, appear black when seen through it. It is used for viewing colored flames, to detect the presence of potassium, lithium, etc., by the red light which they emit..
Cinerary :: Cinerary (a.) Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes.
Ritual :: Ritual (n.) A book containing the rites to be observed.
Yeared :: Yeared (a.) Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged.
Reviling :: Reviling (a.) Uttering reproaches; containing reproaches.
Pisolitic :: Pisolitic (a.) Composed of, containing, or resembling, pisolite..
Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ..
Commendatory :: Commendatory (a.) Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising.
Monkey-pot :: Monkey-pot (n.) The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule..
Hydrocarbon :: Hydrocarbon (n.) A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives..
Petitionary :: Petitionary (a.) Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle..
Litchi :: Litchi (n.) The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form..
Lotto :: Lotto (n.) A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno..
Ethylic :: Ethylic () Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, ethyl; as, ethylic alcohol..
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