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Fenes-tella :: Fenes-tella (n.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like..

Recess :: Recess (n.) A sinus.

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet..

Recessional :: Recessional (a.) Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.

Fireplace :: Fireplace (n.) The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built..

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

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..

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

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

Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table..

Concave :: Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

Closet :: Closet (n.) A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc..

Boxing :: Boxing (n.) Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.

Center :: Center (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe..

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

Bosomy :: Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.

Overture :: Overture () An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.

Recess :: Recess (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides..

Corona :: Corona (n.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column..

Accretion :: Accretion (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark..

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