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adjectiveabstaining from sexual intercourse
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"there are seven continents" "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"nounone of the large landmasses of the earth
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nounthe European mainlandpart of:
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having control over urination and defecationOpposite:
Definition that contains continent
- american of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
- island a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
- europe the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
- europe the nations of the European continent collectively
- india a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
- africa the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
- washington 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
- australia a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
- australia the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
- asia the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations