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Alcove :: Alcove (n.) A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library..

Oriel :: Oriel (n.) A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess..

Recess :: Recess (n.) A sinus.

Acinus :: Acinus (n.) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland..

Inlet :: Inlet (n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands..

Bosom :: Bosom (n.) Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth..

Recessed :: Recessed (imp. & p. p.) of Reces.

Recessed :: Recessed (a.) Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall..

Break :: Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.

Haven :: Haven (n.) A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port..

Indent :: Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..

Rabbet :: Rabbet (n.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate..

Chapel :: Chapel (n.) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar..

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

Nook :: Nook (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

Counterbore :: Counterbore (n.) A kind of pin drill with the cutting edge or edges normal to the axis; -- used for enlarging a hole, or for forming a flat-bottomed recess at its mouth..

Recession :: Recession (n.) The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign..

Relicted :: Relicted (a.) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water..

Recess :: Recess (v. t.) To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall..

Recessing :: Recessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reces.

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