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Drawing-room :: Drawing-room (n.) A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.

Welcomeness :: Welcomeness (n.) The quality or state of being welcome; gratefulness; agreeableness; kind reception.

Sociable :: Sociable (n.) A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable..

Reception :: Reception (n.) Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine..

Dock :: Dock (n.) The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock..

Hospitality :: Hospitality (n.) The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality..

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t.) The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy..

Couchee :: Couchee (v. t.) A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince..

Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.

Xenodochium :: Xenodochium (n.) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief of paupers. [Called also Xenodocheion.].

Entertain :: Entertain (v. t.) To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest..

Entertainment :: Entertainment (n.) The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general..

Hospital :: Hospital (n.) A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for..

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass..

Intro- :: Intro- () A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic..

Spekehouse :: Spekehouse (n.) The parlor or reception room of a convent.

Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

Xenodochium :: Xenodochium (n.) A house for the reception of strangers.

Admittance :: Admittance (n.) Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception..

Entreaty :: Entreaty (n.) Treatment; reception; entertainment.

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