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Showing words for CONTINENT using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Continent

continent

8 Letter Words for Continent

innocent

7 Letter Words for Continent

content, entonic, entotic, nonetti, tention, tonetic, tontine

6 Letter Words for Continent

centon, conine, conite, connie, contin, ennoic, enoint, incent, intent, intone, necton, nitent, nocent, noetic, nonent, notice, octine, tiento, tinnen, tinnet, tonite

5 Letter Words for Continent

ceint, centi, cento, cetin, conin, conne, conte, cotte, ettin, innet, inone, ninon, niton, noint, nonce, nonet, nonic, octet, oenin, oncet, oncin, ontic, tecon, tenio, tenno, tenon, tinct, tonic, tonne

4 Letter Words for Continent

cent, ceti, cine, cion, cite, cito, coin, coit, cone, coni, conn, cont, cote, cott, econ, ecto, ento, etic, eton, icon, inne, into, nein, neon, neti, nice, nine, nito, none, note, nott, oeci, oint, once, otic, tent, tice, tien, tinc, tine, tint, tite, toit, tone, tonn, tote

3 Letter Words for Continent

cen, ceo, cie, cit, con, cot, cte, ctn, cto, eco, ect, enc, eon, etc, ice, inc, inn, int, ion, nco, nei, neo, net, nie, nit, nne, non, not, oct, oie, one, oni, ont, otc, tec, ten, tet, tic, tie, tin, tit, tnt, toc, toe, toi, ton, tot

Definitions for Continent

[1] one of the main landmasses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica).
[2] a comparable landmass on another planet.
[3] the mainland, as distinguished from islands or peninsulas.
[4] the Continent, the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British Isles.
[5] a continuous tract or extent, as of land.
[6] Archaic . something that serves as a container or boundary.
[7] exercising or characterized by restraint in relation to the desires or passions and especially to sexual desires; temperate.
[8] able to control urinary and fecal discharge.
[9] Obsolete . containing; being a container; capacious.
[10] Obsolete . restraining or restrictive.
[11] Obsolete . continuous; forming an uninterrupted tract, as land.
[12] one of the earth's large land masses (Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, North and South America, and Antarctica)
[13] that part of the earth's crust that rises above the oceans and is composed of sialic rocks. Including the continental shelves, the continents occupy 30 per cent of the earth's surface
[14] obsolete mainland as opposed to islands a continuous extent of land
[15] able to control urination and defecation
[16] exercising self-restraint, esp from sexual activity; chaste
[17] the Continent the mainland of Europe as distinguished from the British Isles

Words related to Continent

celibate, ascetic, abstinent, abstemious, austere, inhibited, modest, restrained, sober, temperate, abstentious, bridled, curbed

Words nearby Continent

contg., contiguity, contiguous, contin., continence, continent, continental, continental army, continental breakfast, continental celtic, continental climate

Origin of Continent

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin continent- (stem of continēns, present participle of continēre to contain), equivalent to con- con- + -tin-, combining form of ten- hold + -ent- -ent

Other words from Continent

un·con·ti·nent , adjective
un·con·ti·nent·ly , adverb

Word origin for Continent

C14: from Latin continent-, present participle of continēre; see contain

Synonyms for Continent

abstinent, ascetic, celibate, abstemious, abstentious, austere, bridled, curbed, inhibited, modest, restrained, self-restrained, sober, temperate