face-saving
1: maintaining dignity or prestige; "a face-saving compromise"
face-to-face
1: in each other's presence; "a face-to-face encounter" adv 1: within each other's presence; "she met the president face-to-face" 2: directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face o...
faced
1: having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination; "a neatly faced terrace" [ant: {faceless}]
faceless
1: without a face or identity; "a faceless apparition"; "the faceless accusers of the police state" [ant: {faced}]
facelift
1: 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 th...
faceplate
1: a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component)
facer
1: (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced
facet
1: a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question" [syn: {aspect}] 2: a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone) [also: {facetting}, {facetted}]
facet plane
1: the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube)
faceted
1: having facets; "a faceted diamond" [ant: {unfaceted}]
facetious
1: cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice" [syn: {bantering}, {tongue-in-cheek}]
facetiously
1: not seriously; "I meant it facetiously" [syn: {jokingly}, {tongue-in-cheek}]
facia
1: a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc [syn: {fascia}] [also: {faciae} (pl)]
facial
1: of or concerning the face; "a facial massage"; "facial hair"; "facial expression" 2: of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object n 1: cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles [syn: {faci...
facial artery
1: an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face [syn: {arteria facialis}, {external maxillary artery}]
facial expression
1: a gesture executed with the facial muscles [syn: {facial gesture}] 2: the expression on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn: {expression}, {look}, {aspect...
facial gesture
1: a gesture executed with the facial muscles [syn: {facial expression}]
facial index
1: the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face
facial nerve
1: cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles [syn: {facial}, {nervus facialis}, {seventh cranial nerve}]
facial profiling
1: identification of criminals and terrorist by means of videotapes of their faces; "facial profiling is a new form of airport security"
facial recognition
1: biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces; "they used face recognition to spot known terrorists" [syn: {face recognition}, {automatic fac...
facial vein
1: any of several veins draining the face [syn: {vena facialis}]
facile
1: arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem" 2: performing adroitly and without effort; "her easy grace"; "a facile hand" [syn: {easy}] 3: ...
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facilitate
1: make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" [syn: {ease}, {alleviate}] 2: be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents" [syn: {help}] 3: physiology: increase the li...
facilitation
1: the condition of being made easy (or easier); "social facilitation is an adaptive condition" 2: (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough t...
facilitative
1: freeing from difficulty or impediment; "facilitative changes in the economic structure"
facilitatory
1: inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity
facility
1: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" [syn: {installation}] 2: skillful performance or ability wi...
facing
1: a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening 2: an ornamental coating to a building [syn: {veneer}] 3: a protective covering that protects the outside of a building ...
facing pages
1: two facing pages of a book or other publication [syn: {spread}, {spread head}, {spreadhead}]
facsimile
1: an exact copy or reproduction [syn: {autotype}] 2: duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio [syn: {facsimile machine}, {fax}] v : send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me ...
facsimile machine
1: duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio [syn: {facsimile}, {fax}]
fact
1: a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" 2: a statement or assertion of verified information about some...
fact mood
1: a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact [syn: {indicative mood}, {indicative}, {declarative mood}, {declarative}, {common mood}]
fact-finding
1: designed to find information or ascertain facts; "a fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting" [syn: {investigative}, {investigatory}]
faction
1: a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: {cabal}, {junto}, {camarilla}] 2: a dissenting clique [syn: {sect}]
factious
1: dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) [syn: {dissentious}, {divisive}]
factitious
1: not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a factitious demand for stocks"
factoid
1: something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print 2: a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item
factor
1: anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome" 2: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a mu...
factor analyse
1: to perform a factor analysis of correlational data [syn: {factor analyze}]
factor analysis
1: any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors; beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that a...
factor analytic
1: of or relating to or the product of factor analysis [syn: {factor analytical}]
factor analytical
1: of or relating to or the product of factor analysis [syn: {factor analytic}]
factor analyze
1: to perform a factor analysis of correlational data [syn: {factor analyse}]
factor I
1: a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots [syn: {fibrinogen}]
factor II
1: a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin [syn: {prothrombin}]
factor III
1: an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot [syn: {thromboplastin}, {thrombokinase}]
factor in
1: resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" [syn: {factor}, {factor out}]
factor IV
1: ion of calcium; a factor in the clotting of blood [syn: {calcium ion}]
factor IX
1: coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B [syn: {Christmas factor}]
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