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S: (n) continent (one of the large landmasses of the earth) "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"

W: (adj) continental [Related to: continent] (of or relating to or characteristic of a continent) "the continental divide"; "continental drift"
W: (adj) continental [Related to: continent] (being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe) "the continental United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters"

S: (n) Continent (the European mainland) "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"

S: (n) mainland (the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula)

S: (n) land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface) "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"

S: (n) archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
S: (n) beachfront (a strip of land running along a beach)
S: (n) cape, ness (a strip of land projecting into a body of water)
S: (n) coastal plain (a plain adjacent to a coast)
S: (n) floor (the ground on which people and animals move about) "the fire spared the forest floor"
S: (n) foreland (land forming the forward margin of something)
S: (n) forest, woodland, timberland, timber (land that is covered with trees and shrubs)
S: (n) island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
S: (n) isthmus (a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas)
S: (n) landmass, land mass (a large continuous extent of land)
S: (n) mainland (the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula)
S: (n) neck (a narrow elongated projecting strip of land)
S: (n) oxbow (the land inside an oxbow bend in a river)
S: (n) peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)
S: (n) plain, field, champaign (extensive tract of level open land) "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
S: (n) slash (an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind))
S: (n) wonderland (a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder)
S: (n) America (North America and South America and Central America)

S: (adj) continent (having control over urination and defecation)
S: (adj) celibate, continent (abstaining from sexual intercourse) "celibate priests"