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- Reception - n. - The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.
- Reception - n. - The state of being received.
- Reception - n. - The act or manner of receiving, esp. of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.
- Reception - n. - Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.
- Reception - n. - A retaking; a recovery.
- Troweled - - Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint.
- Countersink - v. t. - To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.
- Durbar - n. - An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India.
- Challenge - n. - To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter.
- Entertain - v. t. - To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.
- Divan - n. - A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room.
- Interstice - n. - An interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between the reception of the various degrees of orders.
- Hive - n. - A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
- Dock - n. - The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.
- Couchee - v. t. - A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince.
- Tomb - n. - A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.
- Centre - v. t. - To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
- Entertain - v. t. - To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal.
- Ravehook - n. - A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum.
- Reception - n. - The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.
- File - v. t. - To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court.
- Mortuary - a. - A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.
- Affiliation - n. - Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
- Bird's-mouth - n. - An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States.
- Acceptation - n. - Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
- Intussusception - n. - The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination.
- Absorption - n. - An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
- Slot - n. - A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
- Drawing-room - n. - A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
- Saloon - n. - A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.
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