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Precessional :: Precessional (a.) Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes..

Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..

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..

Presbyopia :: Presbyopia () A defect of vision consequent upon advancing age. It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens, which produces difficulty of accommodation and recession of the near point of vision, so that objects very near the eyes can not be seen distinctly without the use of convex glasses. Called also presbytia..

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson..

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

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..

Recessive :: Recessive (a.) Going back; receding.

Alcove :: Alcove (n.) Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.

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

Reliction :: Reliction (n.) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession..

Recession :: Recession (n.) The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand..

Recessed :: Recessed (a.) Withdrawn; secluded.

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..

Bedsite :: Bedsite (n.) A recess in a room for a bed.

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..

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

Recess :: Recess (n.) Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science..

Deep :: Deep (superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep..

Creek :: Creek (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river..

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