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Phrases 33
- continental shelfThe outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.
- continental breakfastA light breakfast, often as served in a hotel, usually consisting of cereal, juice, and pastries, but without any fried items.
- continental driftThe slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.
- continental EuropeThe contiguous continent of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands.
- continental divideA line of elevated terrain that divides a watershed or a continent, so that water flowing on either side eventually travels to separate bodies of water.
- Continental NavyThe United States Navy between 1775 and 1794.
- Continental SystemA large-scale embargo by French emperor Napoleon I against the British Empire from 21 November 1806 until 11 April 1814, during the Napoleonic Wars.
- continental slopeThe steep, narrow fringe separating the coastal zone from the deep ocean
- continental United StatesThe portion of the United States which is located on the North American continent; the United States exclusive of Hawaii and other overseas territories.
- continental philosophyAny of various philosophical traditions strongly influenced by certain 19th and 20th century philosophers from mainland Europe, such as Hegel.
- continental plateA large, thick, and relatively low-density slab of the Earth's solid lithosphere that carries continents and acts as part of the broken outer shell floating on the semifluid mantle.
- continental platesplural of continental plate: A large, thick, and relatively low-density slab of the Earth's solid lithosphere that carries continents and acts as part of the broken outer shell floating on the semifluid mantle.
- continental timeCentral European Time.
- not worth a Continentalworthless, lacking in value, especially due to economic inflation.
- continental seatingA style of seating in an auditorium where the individual seats are more widely spaced, eliminating the need for aisles.
- continental crustThe layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the geological continents.
- continental quiltA duvet used in combination with other blankets.
- continental shelvesplural of continental shelf: The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.
- continental time zoneA standard time zone used across the contiguous or continental part of a country or continent, aligning regions within that area under a uniform time standard.
- continental glacierA very large glacial body; an ice sheet.
- continental dripThe phenomenon whereby southward-pointing landforms are more numerous and prominent than northward-pointing landforms.
- continental dividesplural of continental divide: A line of elevated terrain that divides a watershed or a continent, so that water flowing on either side eventually travels to separate bodies of water.
- continental shiftA type of work cycle, most commonly at a manufacturing plant or institution, with shifts worked four days in a row, followed by four days off in a row. It can also commonly be implemented as working four days in a row with three days off …
- continental timesplural of continental time: Central European Time.
- trans-continentalAlternative spelling of transcontinental: Crossing or spanning a continent.
Compound words 35
- continentalizeTo broaden or narrow in scope or focus so that the domain becomes the continent.
- bicontinentalSpanning or pertaining to two continents.
- continentalizationModification to a continental form
- continentallyIn a continental manner or to a continental extent
- extracontinentalBeyond or outside a continent.
- hypercontinentalExtremely continental (in climate).
- ContinentalerA soldier in the Continental Army.
- continentalismThe adoption of common policies amongst the countries of a particular continent, especially continental Europe.
- continentalistOne who supports or believes in continentalism.
- microcontinentalOf or pertaining to a microcontinent.