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Basin :: Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields..

Lavatory :: Lavatory (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.

Thinolite :: Thinolite (n.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada..

Gulf :: Gulf (n.) A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,.

Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay..

Bay Salt :: Bay salt () Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce..

Abasement :: Abasement (n.) The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation..

Basin :: Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake..

Abasing :: Abasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abas.

Stour :: Stoup (n.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup..

Catch-basin :: Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer..

Pan :: Pan (n.) A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud..

Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.

Watershed :: Watershed (n.) The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin.

Basinet :: Basinet (n.) Same as Bascinet.

Continent :: Continent (a.) One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America..

Basin :: Basin (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.

Washbowl :: Washbowl (n.) A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc..

Labrum :: Labrum (n.) A lip or edge, as of a basin..

Rim :: Rim (n.) The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin..

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