Facing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Face |
Facing (n.) A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose |
Facing (n.) A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection. |
Facing (n.) The finishing of any face of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material so used. |
Facing (n.) A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous coal, ect., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting. |
Facing (n.) The collar and cuffs of a military coat |
Facing (n.) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about |
Screen (n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger |
Screen (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like. |
Screen (n.) A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc. |
Screen (n.) A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like. |
Screen (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment |
Screen (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable |
Sea wall () A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea. |
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 |
Wall-eye (n.) A California surf fish (Holconotus argenteus). |
Wall-eye (n.) The alewife |
Wall-eyed (a.) Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color. |
Wall-plat (n.) The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls. |
Wall-sided (a.) Having sides nearly perpendicular |
screen pass | a short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockers |
screen test | a filmed audition of an actor or actress |
lining facing | providing something with a surface of a different material |
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 |
smoke screen smokescreen | an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure, requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures |
wall creeper tichodrome Tichodroma muriaria | crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa |
active matrix screen | a type of LCD screen used for some portable computers, there is a separate circuit for each pixel |
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 |
background desktop screen background | (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear |
bearing wall | any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building |
blind screen | a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight, they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet |
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 |
computer screen computer display | a screen used to display the output of a computer to the user |
dry wall dry-stone wall | a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar |
facing cladding | a protective covering that protects the outside of a building |
facing | a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening |
facing veneer | an ornamental coating to a building |
fire screen fireguard | a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks) |
gable gable end gable wall | the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof |
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 |
light filter diffusing screen | a transparent filter that reduces the light (or some wavelengths of the light) passing through it |
mural wall painting | a painting that is applied to a wall surface |
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) |
revetment revetement stone facing | a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment |
rood screen | a screen in a church, separates the nave from the choir or chancel |
screen | a protective covering consisting of netting, can be mounted in a frame, they put screens in the windows for protection against insects, a metal screen protected the observers |
screen cover covert concealment | a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something, a screen of trees afforded privacy, under cover of darkness, the brush provided a covert for game, the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background |
screen | partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space |
screen CRT screen | the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathodeay tube |
screen silver screen projection screen | a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing |
screen door screen | a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting, used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door, he heard the screen slam as she left |
screen saver | (computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time, screen savers prevent the damage that occurs when the same areas of light and dark are displayed too long |
sieve screen | a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles |
silkscreen silk screen print serigraph | a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil |
smoke screen smokescreen | (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements |
stone wall | a fence built of rough stones, used to separate fields |
touch screen touchscreen | a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen |
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 |