Definition of contain

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Contain (v. t.) To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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Branny :: Branny (a.) Having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containing bran.
Schreibersite :: Schreibersite (n.) A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron..
Dithionic :: Dithionic (a.) Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid..
Columbiferous :: Columbiferous (a.) Producing or containing columbium.
Leavenous :: Leavenous (a.) Containing leaven.
Barroom :: Barroom (n.) A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.
Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence.
Matchlock :: Matchlock (n.) An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match..
Calyptra :: Calyptra (n.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body..
Imprecatory :: Imprecatory (a.) Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms..
Authority :: Authority (n.) A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book..
Last :: Last (n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers;
Periodide :: Periodide (n.) An iodide containing a higher proportion of iodine than any other iodide of the same substance or series.
Asphaltic :: Asphaltic (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous..
Tick :: Tick (n.) The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling..
Ytterbic :: Ytterbic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ytterbium; containing ytterbium..
Hundredweight :: Hundredweight (n.) A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton..
August :: August (a.) The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days..
Diiodide :: Diiodide (n.) A compound of a binary type containing two atoms of iodine; -- called also biniodide.
Award :: Award (v. t.) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
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