outface | (verb) overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring | Synonyms: outstare, stare down |
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paleface | (noun) (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians) | - |
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petrifaction | (noun) a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form | - |
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(noun) the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape | Synonyms: petrification |
preface | (noun) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | Synonyms: foreword, prolusion |
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(verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, precede, premise |
putrefacient | (adjective) causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction | Synonyms: putrefactive |
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putrefaction | (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity |
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(noun) (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | Synonyms: breakdown, decomposition, rot, rotting |
(noun) a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor | Synonyms: rot |
putrefactive | (adjective) causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction | Synonyms: putrefacient |
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rarefaction | (noun) a decrease in the density of something | - |
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reface | (verb) put a new facing on (a garment) | - |
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(verb) provide with a new facing | - |
resurface | (verb) to come out of obscurity or hiding | - |
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(verb) cover with a new surface | - |
(verb) reappear on the surface | - |
rubefacient | (noun) a medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin | - |
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satisfaction | (noun) act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite | - |
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(noun) the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation | - |
(noun) compensation for a wrong | Synonyms: atonement, expiation |
(noun) (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation | - |
(noun) state of being gratified or satisfied | Synonyms: gratification |
satisfactorily | (adverb) in a satisfactory manner | - |
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satisfactoriness | (noun) the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement | - |
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satisfactory | (adjective) giving satisfaction | - |
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(adjective) meeting requirements | Synonyms: acceptable, decent |
shamefaced | (adjective) extremely modest or shy | - |
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(adjective) showing a sense of shame | Synonyms: sheepish |
(adjective) showing a sense of guilt | Synonyms: guilty, hangdog, shamed |
shamefacedly | (adverb) in a shamefaced manner | - |
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shamefacedness | (noun) feeling embarrassed about yourself | Synonyms: sheepishness |
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sorbefacient | (adjective) inducing or promoting absorption | Synonyms: absorbefacient |
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stoneface | (noun) any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones | Synonyms: flowering stone, lithops, living stone, stone-face, stone life face, stone plant |
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stupefaction | (noun) the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic | - |
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(noun) marginal consciousness | Synonyms: grogginess, semiconsciousness, stupor |
(noun) a feeling of stupefied astonishment | - |
subsurface | (adjective) beneath the surface | - |
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sulfacetamide | (noun) a topical sulfonamide (trade name Sulamyd) used to treat eye infections | Synonyms: Sulamyd |
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surface | (adjective) on the surface | - |
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(noun) the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary | - |
(noun) a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight | Synonyms: aerofoil, airfoil, control surface |
(noun) a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something | - |
(noun) information that has become public | Synonyms: open |
(noun) the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object | - |
(noun) the outermost level of the land or sea | Synonyms: Earth's surface |
(verb) appear or become visible; make a showing | Synonyms: come on, come out, show up, turn up |
(verb) put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface | Synonyms: coat |
(verb) come to the surface | Synonyms: come up, rise, rise up |
surfacing | (noun) emerging to the surface and becoming apparent | - |
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surfactant | (noun) a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved | Synonyms: surface-active agent, wetter, wetting agent |
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tumefaction | (noun) the process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it | - |
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typeface | (noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family | Synonyms: case, face, font, fount |
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undersurface | (noun) the lower side of anything | Synonyms: bottom, underside |
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unfaceted | (adjective) lacking facets | - |
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unifacial | (adjective) having but one principal or specialized surface | - |
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unsatisfactorily | (adverb) in an unsatisfactory manner | - |
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unsatisfactoriness | (noun) the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable | - |
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unsatisfactory | (adjective) not giving satisfaction | - |
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whiteface | (noun) hardy English breed of cattle raised extensively in United States | Synonyms: Hereford |
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(noun) a clown whose face is covered with white make-up | - |