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face
  1. (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
  2. The public image; outward appearance.
  3. The frontal aspect of something.
  4. (figuratively) Presence; sight; front.
  5. The directed force of something.
  6. Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
  7. Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
  8. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
  9. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
  10. Any surface; especially a front or outer one.
  11. The numbered dial of a clock or watch, the clock face.
  12. (slang) The mouth.
  13. (slang, professional wrestling) Short for baby face. A wrestler whose on-ring persona is embodying heroic or virtuous traits.
  14. (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
  15. (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
  16. (card game) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
  17. (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
  18. (typography) A typeface.
  19. Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
  20. (computing) An interface.
  21. The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
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  23. Examples:
    1. “The elderly man's crumpled face creased into a warm smile.”
      “Criticism, if it is to be constructive, should never cause the recipient to lose face.”
      “She said not a word, yet her face told of her joy.”
facing
  1. The most external portion of exterior siding.
  2. (sewing) Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside.
  3. (metalworking) A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.
  4. (plural) The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat.
  5. (plural) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Additional wings were added to the building in the 1720s and it was given a stone facing in 1770.”
      “The Princess Royal was mounted on a bay horse and wore the traditional Beaufort outfit, a navy blue jacket with buff facings.”
facial
  1. A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
  2. (film) A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
  3. (slang, in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another in the face.
  4. (slang) A sex act of male ejaculation onto another person's face.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “To get flawless, glowing skin like Kate's, book yourself into your local spa for a facial.”
facer
  1. An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.
  2. (obsolete) One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.
  3. (obsolete) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “It was a facer, Yetive and Beverly felt as though a steel trap suddenly had been closed down upon them.”
      “In the twelfth round, Gamble put in a tremendous facer, that split his opponent's nose, and the claret flew in all directions.”
      “It was a facer for Balcom and he quickly guided the conversation into less dangerous channels.”
facies
  1. (plural only) Appearance.
  2. (geology) A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting the way it was formed.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Where cored the Auk Formation is easily identified because of the preservation of aeolian dune facies.”
      “Geologists and geophysicists aim to accurately constrain the architecture and facies variations at the lava flow scale.”
      “Urgonian facies are also characterized, negatively, by the absence of ammonites and belemnites.”
facade
  1. The face of a building, especially the front.
  2. (figuratively) A deceptive outward appearance.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “They hide behind some facade of respectability but I rest in absolute confidence that their time is next!”
      “Twin arched picture windows bisect the facade and an outside staircase leads to the first floor.”
      “A toffee apple's facade is hard and shiny because the molecules that make up its sugar coating link to form long, interlocked chains.”
facecare
  1. Care of the face; the use of cosmetics, etc. to make the face healthy or attractive.
faceism
  1. prejudice based on the appearance of somebody's face
facialness
  1. (rare) The quality of being facial, the quality of having facial characteristics.
faciality
  1. The quality or state of being facial, of having facial characteristics.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Each freed faciality trait forms a rhizome with a freed trait of landscapity, picturality, or musicality.”
facelessness
  1. The state or condition of being faceless.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Nuclear war perhaps best exemplifies the facelessness and technological distancing so essential to modern evil.”
      “The facelessness and ease allow us to say things to each other that we might, before email, have said only to our shrinks.”
      “Interestingly, the visual expression of their chilly sound is one of monochromatic, computer-generated facelessness.”
faceful
  1. An amount that fills or covers the face.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He had the usual faceful of scruff and the crooked smile that soften his stockiness.”
      “Once alighted, we naively succumbed to the temptation of leaning over the railway bridge at Haworth and got a well-deserved faceful of sooty filth along with many others.”
      “They look like your lovely, imaginary, flaxen Euro-cousin, they're always properly covered up, and like all Nice shopping models, never have preposterous implants, hair extensions or a faceful of slap.”
facefuls
  1. plural of faceful
facades
  1. plural of facade
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, baroque, and rococo facades combine to create majestic results.”
      “Glazed facades on the north and south sides both screen the building and enhance its pervading impression of lightness.”
      “Also continued here is the jali work along the facades, rich in detail, which keeps the interiors cool and breezy.”
facials
  1. plural of facial
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Everything from mud facials and exfoliators, to soothing bath treatments, to foot spas are yours for the picking.”
      “Our spa facials will leave you with clean skin that glows with the freshness of youth.”
      “I'm going to get my hair done a bit more often and go for facials and pamper myself a bit more.”
facings
  1. plural of facing
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It is made of roughly coursed undressed rectangular stone facings with a rubble core.”
      “The block and facings were then attached to a quadrant-shaped board nailed to the underside of the carcass.”
      “Cut facings from lining fabric, velveteen, cotton twill, or faux leather or suede to reduce bulk.”
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