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

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..

Nook :: Nook (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

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

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

Recessional :: Recessional (a.) Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.

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..

Center :: Center (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe..

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

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

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

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

Indent :: Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..

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

Presbyopia :: Presbyopia () A defect of vision consequent upon advancing age. It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens, which produces difficulty of accommodation and recession of the near point of vision, so that objects very near the eyes can not be seen distinctly without the use of convex glasses. Called also presbytia..

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

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

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

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..

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

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