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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Recess :: Recess (n.) Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc..

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..

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..

Recess :: Recess (n.) A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.

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..

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..

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

Niche :: Niche (n.) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative..

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..

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

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

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

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