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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..

Bosom :: Bosom (n.) Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth..

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

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..

Closet :: Closet (n.) A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc..

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

Acinus :: Acinus (n.) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland..

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

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

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..

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..

Fenes-tella :: Fenes-tella (n.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like..

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

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

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..

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

Bower :: Bower (n.) A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess..

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

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

Recess :: Recess (n.) The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.

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