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Basin :: Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields..

Posnet :: Posnet (n.) A little basin; a porringer; a skillet.

Watershed :: Watershed (n.) The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin.

Abasement :: Abasement (n.) The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation..

Dock :: Dock (n.) An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide..

Basined :: Basined (a.) Inclosed in a basin.

Catch-basin :: Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer..

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins..

Laver :: Laver (n.) A vessel for washing; a large basin.

Lavatory :: Lavatory (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.

Aspersorium :: Aspersorium (n.) The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches..

Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay..

Bombasine :: Bombasine (n.) Same as Bombazine.

Lecanomancy :: Lecanomancy (n.) divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought..

Continent :: Continent (a.) One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America..

Dejection :: Dejection (n.) The act of humbling or abasing one's self.

Basin :: Basin (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.

Foyer :: Foyer (n.) The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.

Basin :: Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake..

Gastornis :: Gastornis (n.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.

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