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Hierotheca :: Hierotheca (n.) A receptacle for sacred objects.

Safe :: Safe (n.) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like..

Synomocy :: Synoecious (a.) Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle..

Magazine :: Magazine (n.) A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc..

Crop :: Crop (n.) The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw..

Box :: Box (n.) A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box..

Wall :: Wall (n.) An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder..

Pome :: Pome (n.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear..

Wallet :: Wallet (n.) A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack..

Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc..

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc..

Shrine :: Shrine (n.) A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint..

Maw :: Maw (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt..

Epiclinal :: Epiclinal (a.) Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.

Uterus :: Uterus (n.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append..

Audit :: Audit (a.) A general receptacle or receiver.

Purse :: Purse (n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie..

Polyandrous :: Polyandrous (a.) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle..

Trough :: Trough (n.) Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc..

Gynobase :: Gynobase (n.) A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary..

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