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

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

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.

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..

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

Recess :: Recess (n.) Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school..

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

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc..

Confessional :: Confessional (n.) The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others..

Recess :: Recess (n.) A sinus.

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

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..

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

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding..

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

Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

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..

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

Sinus :: Sinus (n.) A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.

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