plural of continent

plural of Continent

Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions, especially sex, urination and/or defecation. / Not interrupted; connected; continuous.

Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc.

The state or quality of being continent.

(urology) The voluntary control of urination and defecation. / Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence. / Uninterrupted course; continuity.

An Encratite.

(obsolete) The Old World. / Synonym of Europe (including Britain) / (UK) Mainland Europe, as seen from the British Isles.

plural of continency

Alternative form of continence