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Precessor :: Precessor (n.) A predecessor.

Fireplace :: Fireplace (n.) The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built..

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..

Bay :: Bay (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.

Recessed :: Recessed (imp. & p. p.) of Reces.

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..

Vacation :: Vacation (n.) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table..

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

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

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

Recess :: Recess (v. t.) To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall..

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

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