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Continent :: Continent (a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste..

Burse :: Burse (n.) An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse..

Chaste :: Chaste (a.) Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

Abutilon :: Abutilon (n.) A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow..

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

Island :: Island (n.) A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent..

Zone :: Zone (n.) A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth..

Mainland :: Mainland (n.) The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula..

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

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..

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

Commit :: Commit (v. i.) To sin; esp., to be incontinent..

Vise :: Vise (n.) An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa..

Continent :: Continent (a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

Wealden :: Wealden (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the Oolitic series..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles..

Transcontinental :: Transcontinental (a.) Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental railroad or journey..

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..

Incontinent :: Incontinent (n.) One who is unchaste.

Continently :: Continently (adv.) In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.

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