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

Encave :: Encave (v. t.) To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess..

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

Recess :: Recess (n.) A sinus.

Precessor :: Precessor (n.) A predecessor.

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..

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..

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

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..

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

Precession :: Precession (n.) The act of going before, or forward..

Recessed :: Recessed (a.) Withdrawn; secluded.

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

Pan :: Pan (n.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge..

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

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..

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

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

Semidome :: Semidome (n.) A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere..

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

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