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Reception :: Reception (n.) Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine..

Divan :: Divan (n.) A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room..

Receipt :: Receipt (n.) The act of receiving; reception.

Ravehook :: Ravehook (n.) A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum..

Drawing-room :: Drawing-room (n.) The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room..

Draughthouse :: Draughthouse (n.) A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy.

Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Reception, as an act of hospitality..

Welcome :: Welcome (n.) Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome..

Prevalence :: Prevalence (n.) The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor..

Couchee :: Couchee (v. t.) A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince..

Intro- :: Intro- () A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic..

Dock :: Dock (n.) An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide..

Introreception :: Introreception (n.) The act of admitting into or within.

Bird''s-mouth :: Bird's-mouth (n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States..

Interstice :: Interstice (n.) An interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between the reception of the various degrees of orders..

Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw..

Entertain :: Entertain (v. t.) To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal..

Slot :: Slot (n.) A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it..

Xenodochium :: Xenodochium (n.) A house for the reception of strangers.

Recipiency :: Recipiency (n.) The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.

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