Continent

continent
    adj 1: having control over urination and defecation [ant:
           {incontinent}]
    2: abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" [syn:
       {celibate}, {continent}]
    n 1: one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven
         continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
    2: the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the
       Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
    

Continent \Con"ti*nent\, n. [L. continens, prop., a holding
   together: cf. F. continent. See {Continent}, a.]
   1. That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.]
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            The smaller continent which we call a pipkin. --Bp.
                                                  Kennet.
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   2. 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.
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   Note: The continents are now usually regarded as six in
         number: North America, South America, Europe, Asia,
         Africa, and Australia. But other large bodies of land
         are also reffered to as continents; as, the Antarctic
         continent; the continent of Greenland. Europe, Asia,
         and Africa are often grouped together as the Eastern
         Continent, and North and South America as the Western
         Continent.
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   {The Continent}, the main land of Europe, as distinguished
      from the islands, especially from England.
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Continent \Con"ti*nent\, a. [L. continens, -entis, prop., p. pr.
   of continere to hold together, to repress: cf. F. continent.
   See {Contain}.]
   1. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
      [Obs.] --Shak.
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   2. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or
      passions; temperate; moderate.
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            Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his
            rage goes slower. --Shak.
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   3. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint
      upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit
      sexual intercourse; chaste.
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            My past life
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            Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true,
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            As I am now unhappy. --Shak.
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   4. Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent
      fever. [Obs.]
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            The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with
            the west side of America, yet certainly it is the
            least disoined by sea of all that coast.
                                                  --Berrewood.
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Encratite \En"cra*tite\, n. [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. ?
   self-disciplined; ? in + ? strength.] (Eccl. Hist.)
   One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage,
   wine, and animal food; -- called also {Continent}.
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "continent":
      Africa, America, Antipodes, Apostolic, Asia, Asia Major,
      Asia Minor, Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Encratic,
      Eurasia, Europe, Far East, Lenten, Levant, Middle East, Near East,
      New World, Occident, Oceania, Old World, Orient, Platonic,
      Pythagorean, Rechabite, Shaker, Spartan, Stoic, West,
      Western Hemisphere, abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, ascetic,
      bridled, celibate, chaste, curbed, down under, eastland,
      fruitarian, inhibited, intact, landmass, maidenly, nephalistic,
      on the wagon, pure, restrained, sexually abstinent, sober,
      sworn off, teetotal, temperate, the old country, vegetarian,
      vestal, virgin, virginal