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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..

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

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

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..

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

Counterbore :: Counterbore (n.) A kind of pin drill with the cutting edge or edges normal to the axis; -- used for enlarging a hole, or for forming a flat-bottomed recess at its mouth..

Recession :: Recession (n.) The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign..

Niche :: Niche (n.) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative..

Encave :: Encave (v. t.) To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess..

Accretion :: Accretion (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark..

Bedsite :: Bedsite (n.) A recess in a room for a bed.

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

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

Oriel :: Oriel (n.) A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess..

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

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet..

Precessor :: Precessor (n.) A predecessor.

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

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

Semidome :: Semidome (n.) A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere..

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