Definition of contain

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Contain (v. t.) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

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Exaggeratory :: Exaggeratory (a.) Containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative..
Porpita :: Porpita (n.) A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in the warmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and disk-shaped, with a large zooid in the center of the under side, surrounded by smaller nutritive and reproductive zooids, and by slender dactylozooids near the margin. The disk contains a central float, or pneumatocyst..
Township :: Township (n.) In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections..
Martial :: Martial (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations..
Yeared :: Yeared (a.) Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged.
Angio- :: Angio- () A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel..
Space :: Space (n.) Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible..
Unleavened :: Unleavened (a.) Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread..
Valonia :: Valonia (n.) The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers..
Mass :: Mass (n.) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume..
Sabadilla :: Sabadilla (n.) A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative..
Argon :: Argon (n.) A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness..
Cruor :: Cruor (n.) The coloring matter of the blood; the clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the coloring matter; gore..
Elatrometer :: Elatrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.
Eschynite :: Eschynite (n.) A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium. It was so called by Berzelius on account of the inability of chemical science, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents..
Talmudical :: Talmudical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic Greek; Talmudical phrases..
Scrip :: Scrip (n.) A small writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing..
Cask :: Cask (n.) The quantity contained in a cask.
Phonolite :: Phonolite (n.) A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, hauynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also clinkstone..
Analysis :: Analysis (n.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis..
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