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Cove :: Cove (n.) A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore..

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

Confessional :: Confessional (n.) The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others..

Haven :: Haven (n.) A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port..

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

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

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc..

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

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

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

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

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

Precessor :: Precessor (n.) A predecessor.

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

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.) A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.

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.

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

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..

Precessional :: Precessional (a.) Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes..

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