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Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or Old) Saxon..

Countess :: Countess (n.) The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count..

Ancient :: Ancient (a.) Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent..

Incontinently :: Incontinently (adv.) Immediately; at once; forthwith.

Incontinently :: Incontinently (adv.) In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or appetites..

Incontinent :: Incontinent (a.) Unable to restrain natural evacuations.

Compass :: Compass (n.) A circle; a continent.

Unchaste :: Unchaste (a.) Not chaste; not continent; lewd.

Incontinent :: Incontinent (adv.) Incontinently; instantly immediately.

Continent :: Continent (a.) One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America..

Mammoth :: Mammoth (n.) An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Elephas primigenius), of enormous size, remains of which are found in the northern parts of both continents. The last of the race, in Europe, were coeval with prehistoric man..

Main :: Main (v.) The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland..

Pintail :: Pintail (n.) A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon..

Quintilllion :: Quintilllion (n.) According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration..

Encratite :: Encratite (n.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent..

Continental :: Continental (n.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3..

Intercontinental :: Intercontinental (a.) Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce..

Centner :: Centner (n.) The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds..

Vivandiere :: Vivandiere (n.) In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler..

Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor..

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