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Creek :: Creek (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river..

Alcove :: Alcove (n.) A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library..

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

Reliction :: Reliction (n.) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession..

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

Recess :: Recess (n.) Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school..

Recessed :: Recessed (a.) Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall..

Recessed :: Recessed (a.) Withdrawn; secluded.

Boxing :: Boxing (n.) Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.

Recess :: Recess (n.) A sinus.

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..

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

Grotto :: Grotto (n.) A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment..

Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..

Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..

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..

Recess :: Recess (n.) Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc..

Recessive :: Recessive (a.) Going back; receding.

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

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

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