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Honey-bag :: Honey-bag (n.) The receptacle for honey in a honeybee.

Draught :: Draught (a.) Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale, cider, and the like..

Bath :: Bath (n.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution..

Carpophore :: Carpophore (n.) A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants..

Nestling :: Nestling (n.) A nest; a receptacle.

Trichomanes :: Trichomanes (n.) Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in the United States..

Nest :: Nest (n.) The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

Bin :: Bin (n.) A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin..

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

Box :: Box (n.) A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.

Mousetail :: Mousetail (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse..

Clothespress :: Clothespress (n.) A receptacle for clothes.

Pool :: Pool (n.) The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes..

Periclinium :: Periclinium (n.) The involucre which surrounds the common receptacle in composite flowers.

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..

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..

Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well..

Sack :: Sack (n.) A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch..

Cellaret :: Cellaret (n.) A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal..

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