continent

from The Century Dictionary.

• Restrained; moderate; temperate.
• Moderate or abstinent in the indulgence of the sexual passion; maintaining continence; chaste.
• Restraining; opposing.
• Containing; being the container: with of.
• Continuous; connected; not interrupted.
• noun That which contains or comprises; a container or holder.
• noun That which is contained or comprised; contents; the amount held or that can be held, as by a vessel.
• noun In physical geography, one of the largest landmasses of the globe.
• noun [capitalized] In a special sense, in English literature, the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British islands: as, to travel on the Continent.
• noun Land in a general sense, as distinguished from water; terra firma.
• noun [capitalized] Same as Encratite.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun obsolete That which contains anything; a receptacle.
• noun 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.
• noun the main land of Europe, as distinguished from the islands, especially from England.
• adjective obsolete Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
• adjective Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
• adjective Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
• adjective obsolete Not interrupted; connected; continuous.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjective Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions.
• noun obsolete Land (as opposed to the water).
• noun A large contiguous landmass considered independent of its islands, peninsulas etc. Specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa. See the Continent.
• noun Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelfs etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• adjective having control over urination and defecation
• noun the European mainland
• adjective abstaining from sexual intercourse
• noun one of the large landmasses of the earth