barefaced | (adjective) with no effort to conceal | Synonyms: bald |
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(adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety | Synonyms: audacious, bald-faced, bodacious, brassy, brazen-faced, brazen, insolent |
barefacedly | (adverb) without shame | Synonyms: shamelessly, unashamedly |
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biface | (adjective) having two faces or fronts | Synonyms: bifacial |
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blackface | (noun) the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro | - |
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boldface | (noun) a typeface with thick heavy lines | Synonyms: bold, bold face |
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(verb) print in boldface | - |
boniface | (noun) the owner or manager of an inn | Synonyms: host, innkeeper |
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coalface | (noun) the part of a coal seam that is being cut | - |
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deface | (verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: blemish, disfigure |
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defacement | (noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | Synonyms: disfiguration, disfigurement, mutilation |
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efface | (verb) remove completely from recognition or memory | Synonyms: obliterate |
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(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | Synonyms: erase, rub out, score out, wipe off |
(verb) make inconspicuous | - |
effaceable | (adjective) capable of being effaced | Synonyms: erasable |
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effacement | (noun) withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous | Synonyms: self-effacement |
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(noun) shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor | - |
face | (noun) a vertical surface of a building or cliff | - |
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(noun) the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object) | - |
(noun) the striking or working surface of an implement | - |
(noun) the general outward appearance of something | - |
(noun) status in the eyes of others | - |
(noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: boldness, brass, cheek, nerve |
(noun) the feelings expressed on a person's face | Synonyms: aspect, expression, facial expression, look |
(noun) the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear | Synonyms: human face |
(noun) the part of an animal corresponding to the human face | - |
(noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family | Synonyms: case, font, fount, typeface |
(noun) a contorted facial expression | Synonyms: grimace |
(noun) a surface forming part of the outside of an object | Synonyms: side |
(noun) a part of a person that is used to refer to a person | - |
(verb) deal with (something unpleasant) head on | Synonyms: confront, face up |
(verb) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize | Synonyms: confront, present |
(verb) oppose, as in hostility or a competition | Synonyms: confront |
(verb) line the edge (of a garment) with a different material | - |
(verb) cover the front or surface of | - |
(verb) turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction | - |
(verb) turn so as to expose the face | - |
(verb) be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to | Synonyms: front, look |
(verb) be opposite | - |
faced | (adjective) having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination | - |
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faceless | (adjective) without a face or identity | - |
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facelift | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty |
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(noun) a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes | Synonyms: face lift, face lifting |
facepalm | (noun) the act of putting your hand to cover your face to show disappointment or despair | - |
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faceplate | (noun) a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component) | - |
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facer | (noun) (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced | - |
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facet | (noun) a distinct feature or element in a problem | Synonyms: aspect |
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(noun) a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone) | - |
faceted | (adjective) having facets | - |
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facetious | (adjective) cleverly amusing in tone | Synonyms: bantering, tongue-in-cheek |
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facetiously | (adverb) not seriously | Synonyms: jokingly, tongue-in-cheek |
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facetiousness | (noun) playful humor | - |
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ineffaceability | (noun) The quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface. | Synonyms: indelibility |
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interface | (noun) (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases) | - |
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(noun) (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals) | Synonyms: port |
(noun) the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other | - |
(noun) (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system | Synonyms: user interface |
multifaceted | (adjective) having many aspects or qualities | Synonyms: many-sided, miscellaneous, multifarious |
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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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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 |
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 | - |
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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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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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 |
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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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 | - |