English dictionary: words starting with fac

Meanings of Facade:

noun

The principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.

Usage examples:

The house has a half-timbered facade

Meanings of Facades:

noun

The principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.

Usage examples:

The house has a half-timbered facade

Meanings of Face:

noun

The front part of a person's head from the forehead to the chin, or the corresponding part in an animal.

Usage examples:

She was scarlet in the face and perspiring profusely

verb

Short for typeface.

Meanings of Face the music:

idiom

Accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions

phrase

Be confronted with the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.

Usage examples:

We would later have to face the music over our bold moves

Meanings of Face-card:

noun

The front of the head, where the eyes, nose, and ...

Meanings of Face-covering:

noun

A covering for all or part of the face that protects or hides the person wearing it

Usage examples:

The website has advice for making your own face covering., it became compulsory to wear a face cove…

Meanings of Face-down:

phrasal verb

To defeat someone or something that is opposing you by being brave and strong

Usage examples:

He admired the president’s ability to face down critics., she faced down a mid-career crisis and em…

Meanings of Face-like:

idiom

To look extremely angry

Usage examples:

She suddenly came into the room with a face like thunder.

Meanings of Face-off:

phrasal verb

Start a game by a face-off

Meanings of Face-paint:

noun

Paint that is used to cover a person's face, or draw designs on it as a decoration

Usage examples:

Many of the fans were wearing red, white and blue clothing and face paint., always use proper water…

Meanings of Face-to-face:

adverb

If you talk to someone face to face, you talk directly to them, not by phone, email, online, etc.

Usage examples:

Banking customers still often want to do business face to face., the ceo refused our request for a …

Meanings of Face-to-face-with:

idiom

Looking at another person

Usage examples:

We sat face-to-face., he’s suddenly come face-to-face with his own weakness.

Meanings of Face-up-to:

phrasal verb

To accept that a difficult situation exists

Usage examples:

She's going to have to face up to the fact that he's not going to marry her.

Meanings of Face-value:

noun

The value or price shown, for example on a stamp, a coin, or a bill

Meanings of Facecloth:

noun

A small towelling cloth for washing one's face.

Usage examples:

‘here, wash your face,’ he was told as he was handed a facecloth, soap and towel.

Meanings of Faced:

adjective

Having a face or expression of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

A pimply-faced teenager

verb

Be positioned with the face or front towards (someone or something).

Usage examples:

He turned to face her

suffix

With the type of face described

Usage examples:

Round-faced (= having a round face), sad-faced (= having a sad face), red-faced (= embarrassed)

Meanings of Faceless:

adjective

(of a person) remote and impersonal; anonymous.

Usage examples:

The faceless bureaucrats who made the rules

Meanings of Facelift:

noun

A cosmetic surgical operation to remove unwanted wrinkles by tightening the skin of the face.

Usage examples:

No longer is plastic surgery limited to facelifts and tummy tucks.

Meanings of Facelifts:

noun

A cosmetic surgical operation to remove unwanted wrinkles by tightening the skin of the face.

Usage examples:

No longer is plastic surgery limited to facelifts and tummy tucks.

Meanings of Facellite:

noun

Kaliophilite.

Meanings of Faceoff:

noun

A direct confrontation between two people or groups.

Usage examples:

Last night's vice presidential face-off

phrasal verb

To meet an opposing person, group, or sports team to argue or compete

Usage examples:

Face off against he faced off against ms. miller in the campaign's initial debate., face off with a…

Meanings of Faceplate:

noun

A plate protecting a piece of machinery, a light switch, or an electrical outlet.

Usage examples:

Worldwide sales of faceplates - pieces of hard plastic that snap onto the front of cell phones - cl…

Meanings of Facer:

noun

A blow to the face.

Usage examples:

I wish i'd landed him a facer!

Meanings of Facers:

noun

A blow to the face.

Usage examples:

I wish i'd landed him a facer!

Meanings of Faces:

noun

The front part of a person's head from the forehead to the chin, or the corresponding part in an animal.

Usage examples:

She was scarlet in the face and perspiring profusely

verb

Short for typeface.