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

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

Recession :: Recession (n.) The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand..

Inlet :: Inlet (n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands..

Recess :: Recess (n.) A sinus.

Recess :: Recess (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides..

Cove :: Cove (n.) A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain..

Rabbet :: Rabbet (n.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate..

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson..

Recess :: Recess (n.) Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science..

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

Bosomy :: Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.

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

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

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

Deep :: Deep (superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep..

Break :: Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc..

Alcove :: Alcove (n.) Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.

Chapel :: Chapel (n.) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar..

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