9 Letter Words for Contained
contadine, contained
8 Letter Words for Contained
actioned, anointed, antinode, canioned, cantoned, catenoid, cenation, cetonian, enaction, incanted, innodate, necation
7 Letter Words for Contained
acetoin, aconine, aconite, actinon, adonite, ancient, anconei, anodine, antedon, antoeci, candent, candite, caneton, cantino, cantion, cetonia, codeina, condite, connate, contain, contend, ctenoid, deontic, enation, entonic, etonian, intoned, noetian, nointed, nonacid, noticed, oceanid, tacnode, tannide, tannoid
6 Letter Words for Contained
acetin, acnode, acoine, aconin, actine, action, adenin, adient, adonic, adonin, aeonic, ancien, ancone, anetic, annect, annite, anodic, anoine, anoint, antido, atoned, atonic, cadent, candie, canine, canion, canned, cannet, cannie, cannot, canoed, canted, canton, caoine, cation, centai, centon, cnidae, coated, coatie, codeia, coedit, coined, conand, condie, conine, conite, conned, connie, contin, dacite, dacoit, danton, daoine, dation, deacon, decani, decant, decoat, dentin, detain, ditone, docent, donate, donnat, enatic, encina, endict, ennoic, enoint, eonian, incant, incend, incent, indane, indent, indone, innate, intend, intoed, intone, iodate, ionate, nanoid, nation, neanic, necton, nidate, noance, nocent, noetic, nonact, nonaid, notice, octane, octine, ointed, ondine, oneida, tanned, tannic, tannid, tendon, tienda, tinean, tinned
5 Letter Words for Contained
acned, acoin, acone, acted, actin, acton, adcon, adion, ancon, anend, anent, anion, annet, annie, annot, anode, anted, antic, atone, cadet, cadie, caned, canid, canoe, canon, canto, ceint, centi, cento, cetin, cited, cnida, coaid, coate, coati, coden, coned, conia, conin, conne, conta, contd, conte, cotan, coted, daine, daint, dance, danic, danio, dante, decan, decon, denat, deota, detin, diact, diane, dicot, dicta, diota, doina, donat, donec, donet, donna, donne, ecoid, ectad, edict, enact, encia, endia, eniac, ennia, entad, entia, idant, ident, ideta, inact, inane, incan, indan, inned, innet, inone, nance, nandi, necia, nenta, nicad, niota, niton, noint, nonce, nonda, nonet, nonic, notan, noted, oaten, ocean, octad, octan, oenin, oncet, oncia, oncin, onned, ontic, taino, tecon, teind, tenai, tendo, tenia, tenio, tenno, tenon, ticed, tinca, tinea, tined, todea, tondi, toned, tonic, tonne
4 Letter Words for Contained
aced, acid, acne, aden, adet, adit, adon, aide, aine, aint, aion, ance, anet, anne, anni, anno, anon, ante, anti, ated, atoc, cade, cadi, caid, cain, cand, cane, cann, cant, caon, cate, cedi, cent, ceti, ciao, cide, cine, cion, cite, cito, coat, coda, code, coed, coin, coit, cond, cone, coni, conn, cont, cote, dace, dain, dane, dant, date, dato, dean, deco, deia, deni, dent, deti, detn, dian, dice, dict, diet, dine, dino, dint, dioc, dita, dite, doat, doen, doit, dona, done, doni, dont, dote, eadi, ecad, ecod, econ, ecto, edit, endo, ento, eoan, etic, etna, eton, icao, iced, icod, icon, idea, ideo, inca, inde, indn, inne, inta, into, iode, iota, nace, naid, nain, naio, nane, nant, naoi, nato, neat, nein, neon, neti, nice, nide, nied, nina, nine, nito, node, nodi, nona, none, nota, note, octa, odea, odic, odin, oeci, oint, onca, once, otic, tace, taco, tade, taed, taen, tain, tane, tead, tean, teca, tend, tiao, tice, tide, tied, tien, tinc, tind, tine, toad, toda, tode, toea, toed, tone, tonn
3 Letter Words for Contained
ace, act, adc, ade, ado, aid, ain, ait, anc, and, ane, ann, ant, ate, cad, cai, can, cat, cen, ceo, cia, cid, cie, cit, cod, con, cot, cte, ctn, cto, dae, dan, dao, dat, dca, dea, dec, dei, den, det, dia, die, din, dit, dna, doa, doc, doe, don, dot, ead, ean, eat, eco, ect, edo, enc, end, eon, eta, etc, iao, ice, ida, ide, ido, inc, ind, inn, int, ion, ita, itd, nad, nae, nat, nco, nea, ned, nei, neo, net, nid, nie, nit, nne, noa, nod, non, not, oad, oat, oca, oct, oda, ode, oie, ona, one, oni, ont, otc, tad, tai, tan, tao, tea, tec, ted, ten, tic, tid, tie, tin, toa, toc, tod, toe, toi, ton
Definitions for Contained
[1] showing restraint or calmness; controlled; poised: She was contained throughout the ordeal.
[2] to hold or include within its volume or area: This glass contains water. This paddock contains our best horses.
[3] to be capable of holding; have capacity for: The room will contain 75 persons safely.
[4] to have as contents or constituent parts; comprise; include.
[5] to keep under proper control; restrain: He could not contain his amusement.
[6] to prevent or limit the expansion, influence, success, or advance of (a hostile nation, competitor, opposing force, natural disaster, etc.): to contain an epidemic.
[7] to succeed in preventing the spread of: efforts to contain water pollution.
[8] Mathematics . (of a number) to be a multiple of; be divisible by, without a remainder: Ten contains five.
[9] to be equal to: A quart contains two pints.
[10] to hold or be capable of holding or including within a fixed limit or area this contains five pints
[11] to keep (one's feelings, behaviour, etc) within bounds; restrain
[12] to consist of; comprise the book contains three different sections
[13] military to prevent (enemy forces) from operating beyond a certain level or area
[14] maths to be a multiple of, leaving no remainder 6 contains 2 and 3 to have as a subset
Words related to Contained
incorporate, accommodate, involve, enclose, have, encompass, stop, collect, curb, cool, seat, subsume, embrace, embody, comprehend, hold, comprise, hog-tie, compose, smother
Words nearby Contained
contagious granular conjunctivitis, contagious magic, contagious stomatitis, contagium, contain, contained, container, container car, container garden, containerboard, containerization
Origin of Contained
1250–1300; Middle English conte(y)nen < Anglo-French contener, Old French contenir < Latin continēre, equivalent to con- con- + tenēre to hold (see tenet)
Other words from Contained
con·tain·ed·ly [kuh n-tey -nid-lee] /kənˈteɪ nɪd li/ , adverb
sub·con·tained , adjective
un·con·tained , adjective
well-con·tained , adjective
con·tain·a·ble , adjective
pre·con·tain , verb (used with object)
un·con·tain·a·ble , adjective
Word origin for Contained
C13: from Old French contenir, from Latin continēre, from com- together + tenēre to hold
Synonyms for Contained
accommodate, consist of, enclose, encompass, have, incorporate, involve, comprehend, comprise, embody, embrace, hold, seat, subsume, be composed of, have capacity for, take in