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

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

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

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

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..

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..

Grotto :: Grotto (n.) A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment..

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

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

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

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..

Bay Window :: Bay window () A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window..

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..

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..

Bower :: Bower (n.) A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess..

Vacation :: Vacation (n.) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.

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

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

Recess :: Recess (n.) A sinus.

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

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