one of the main landmasses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica).

a comparable landmass on another planet.

the mainland, as distinguished from islands or peninsulas.

the Continent, the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British Isles.

a continuous tract or extent, as of land.

Archaic . something that serves as a container or boundary.

exercising or characterized by restraint in relation to the desires or passions and esp. to sexual desires; temperate.

able to control urinary and fecal discharge.

Obsolete . containing; being a container; capacious.

Obsolete . restraining or restrictive.

Obsolete . continuous; forming an uninterrupted tract, as land.

adjective

impure , incontinent , unchaste

adjective

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