Cliff (n.) A high, steep rock |
Cliff (n.) See Clef. |
Cliff limestone () A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian. |
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. |
Precipitous (a.) Steep, like a precipice |
Precipitous (a.) Headlong |
Precipitous (a.) Hasty |
Scarp (n.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter. |
Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet |
Scarp (n.) A steep descent or declivity. |
Scarp (v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so |
Sea wall () A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea. |
Tallow-face (n.) One who has a sickly, pale complexion. |
Wall (n.) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope |
Wall (n.) A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room. |
Wall (n.) A defense |
Wall (n.) An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel |
Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift. |
Wall (n.) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. |
Wall (v. t.) To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall. |
Wall (v. t.) To defend by walls, or as if by walls |
Wall (v. t.) To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway. |
Wall-eye (n.) An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color |
Wall-eye (n.) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion vitreum) having large and prominent eyes |
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 |
cliff diving | diving into the water from a steep overhanging cliff |
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 |
blue wall of silence blue wall wall of silence | the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers, the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up |
face saver face saving | an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) |
wall creeper tichodrome Tichodroma muriaria | crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa |
cliff swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota | North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls |
Antonine Wall | a fortification miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde), built into mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain |
bearing wall | any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building |
bracket wall bracket | a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) |
cavity wall | a wall formed of two thicknesses of masonry with a space between them |
Chinese Wall Great Wall Great Wall of China | a fortification , miles long built across northern China in the rd century BC, it averages meters in width |
cliff dwelling | a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff, the Anasazi built cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States |
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 |
dry wall dry-stone wall | a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar |
escarpment escarp scarp protective embankment | a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification |
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 |
gable gable end gable wall | the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof |
hand towel face towel | a small towel used to dry the hands or face |
hanging wall hanging | decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window, the cold castle walls were covered with hangings |
mural wall painting | a painting that is applied to a wall surface |
pack face pack | a cream that cleanses and tones the skin |
party wall | a wall erected on the line between two properties and shared by both owners |
proscenium proscenium wall | the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater |
rampart bulwark wall | an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes, they stormed the ramparts of the city, they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down |
retaining wall | a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth) |
stone wall | a fence built of rough stones, used to separate fields |
toilet soap face soap bath soap | soap used as a toiletry |
wall | an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness, used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure, the south wall had a small window, the walls were covered with pictures |
wall | a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden), the wall followed the road, he ducked behind the garden wall and waited |
wall | a layer of material that encloses space, the walls of the cylinder were perforated, the container's walls were blue |
wallboard drywall dry wall | a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions, made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses |
wall clock | a clock mounted on a wall |
wall panel | paneling that forms part of a wall |
wall plate | plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load |
wall socket wall plug electric outlet electrical outlet outlet electric receptacle | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices |
wall tent | a canvas tent with four vertical walls |
wall unit | a piece of furniture having several units that stands against one wall of a room |