Face
(n.) The exterior form or appearance of anything |
Face
(n.) That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction |
Face
(n.) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley |
Face
(n.) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line. |
Face
(n.) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end |
Face
(n.) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc. |
Face
(n.) The style or cut of a type or font of type. |
Face
(n.) Outside appearance |
Face
(n.) That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated |
Face
(n.) Cast of features |
Face
(n.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac. |
Face
(n.) Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion |
Face
(n.) Presence |
Face
(n.) Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable |
Face
(n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done. |
Face
(n.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount. |
Face
(v. t.) To meet in front |
Face
(v. t.) To Confront impudently |
Face
(v. t.) To stand opposite to |
Face
(v. t.) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc. |
Face
(v. t.) To line near the edge, esp. with a different material |
Face
(v. t.) To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc. |
Face
(v. t.) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth |
Face
(v. t.) To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. |
Face
(v. i.) To carry a false appearance |
Face
(v. i.) To turn the face |
Face
(v. i.) To present a face or front. |
Front
(n.) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes |
Front
(n.) The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence |
Front
(n.) The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward |
Front
(n.) A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing |
Front
(n.) The most conspicuous part. |
Front
(n.) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. |
Front
(n.) The beginning. |
Front
(a.) Of or relating to the front or forward part |
Front
(v. t.) To oppose face to face |
Front
(v. t.) To appear before |
Front
(v. t.) To face toward |
Front
(v. t.) To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church. |
Front
(v. t.) To adorn in front |
Front
(v. t.) To have or turn the face or front in any direction |
Tallow-face
(n.) One who has a sickly, pale complexion. |
White-face
(n.) A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose |
Zone
(n.) A girdle |
Zone
(n.) One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature. |
Zone
(n.) The portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes |
Zone
(n.) A band or stripe extending around a body. |
Zone
(n.) A band or area of growth encircling anything |
Zone
(n.) A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections. |
Zone
(n.) Circuit |
about-face volte-face
reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
| face-off | (ice hockey) the method of starting play, a referee drops the puck between two opposing players |
| face lift facelift face lifting | a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes, give your home a facelift, more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction |
| about-face about turn | act of pivotingdegrees, especially in a military formation |
crawl front crawl
Australian crawl | a swimming stroke, arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick |
face lift
facelift
lift face lifting
cosmetic surgery
rhytidectomy
rhytidoplasty
nip and tuck | plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face, an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised, some actresses have more than one face lift |
front-porch campaigning
front-porch campaign | a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel, William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in , her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign |
| zone fire | artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations |
face saver
face saving | an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) |
chanfron
chamfron
testiere
frontstall
front-stall | medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head |
clock face
clock dial | the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day |
cold cream
coldcream
face cream
vanishing cream | a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin |
| face | a vertical surface of a building or cliff |
| face | the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object), he dealt the cards face down |
| face | the striking or working surface of an implement |
face card
picture card
court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
| face guard | face mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmets |
| face mask | mask that provides a protective covering for the face in such sports as baseball or football or hockey |
| face powder | cosmetic powder for the face |
| face veil | a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face |
| false face | a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume |
fly
fly front | an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth |
| front | the side that is seen or that goes first |
| front bench | any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers |
front door
front entrance | exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building |
| front porch | a porch for the front door |
| front projector | a projector for digital input |
| front yard | the yard in front of a house, between the house and the street |
hand towel
face towel | a small towel used to dry the hands or face |
living room
livingoom
sitting room
front room
parlor parlour | a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax |
| pack face pack | a cream that cleanses and tones the skin |
toilet soap
face soap
bath soap | soap used as a toiletry |
traffic island
safety island
safety isle
safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
washcloth
washrag
flannel face cloth | bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body |
| face value | the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth |
| face | the general outward appearance of something, the face of the city is changing |
expression
look aspect facial expression
face | the feelings expressed on a person's face, a sad expression, a look of triumph, an angry face |
| poker face | a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player) |
twilight zone
no man's land | the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both), but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal, in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity, in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression |
boldness nerve brass
face cheek | impudent aggressiveness, I couldn't believe her boldness, he had the effrontery to question my honesty |
| face | status in the eyes of others, he lost face |
| erogenous zone | any area of the body especially sensitive to sexual stimulation |
beard
face fungus
whiskers | the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face |
front tooth
anterior | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth, his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors |
language area
language zone | a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language |
face
human face | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear, he washed his face, I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news |
| face | the part of an animal corresponding to the human face |
pudding face
pudding-face | a large fat human face |
zone
zona | (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure |
| face recognition | the visual perception of familiar faces |