| facade | (noun) the face or front of a building | Synonyms: frontage, frontal |
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| (noun) a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant | Synonyms: window dressing |
| 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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| facia | (noun) a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc | Synonyms: fascia |
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| facial | (adjective) of or concerning the face | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object | - |
| (noun) care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams | - |
| (noun) cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles | Synonyms: facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve |
| facially | (adverb) with respect to the face | - |
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| facile | (adjective) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively | Synonyms: eloquent, fluent, silver-tongued, silver, smooth-spoken |
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| (adjective) performing adroitly and without effort | - |
| (adjective) superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject | Synonyms: neat, slick |
| facilitate | (verb) make easier | Synonyms: alleviate, ease |
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| (verb) increase the likelihood of (a response) | - |
| (verb) be of use | Synonyms: help |
| facilitation | (noun) act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something | - |
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| (noun) (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential | - |
| (noun) the condition of being made easy (or easier) | - |
| facilitative | (adjective) freeing from difficulty or impediment | - |
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| facilitator | (noun) someone who makes progress easier | - |
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| facilitatory | (adjective) inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity | - |
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| facility | (noun) a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you | - |
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| (noun) something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service | - |
| (noun) a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry | Synonyms: installation |
| (noun) a natural effortlessness | Synonyms: readiness |
| (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, quickness |
| facing | (noun) providing something with a surface of a different material | Synonyms: lining |
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| (noun) a protective covering that protects the outside of a building | Synonyms: cladding |
| (noun) a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening | - |
| (noun) an ornamental coating to a building | Synonyms: veneer |
| facsimile | (noun) duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio | Synonyms: facsimile machine, fax |
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| (noun) an exact copy or reproduction | Synonyms: autotype |
| (verb) send something via a facsimile machine | Synonyms: fax, telefax |
| fact | (noun) a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred | - |
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| (noun) a concept whose truth can be proved | - |
| (noun) a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened | - |
| (noun) an event known to have happened or something known to have existed | - |
| faction | (noun) a dissenting clique | Synonyms: sect |
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| (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: cabal, camarilla, junto |
| factious | (adjective) dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) | Synonyms: dissentious, divisive |
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| factitious | (adjective) not produced by natural forces | - |
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| factoid | (noun) a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item | - |
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| (noun) something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print | - |
| factor | (noun) (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity | Synonyms: cistron, gene |
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| (noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, constituent, element, ingredient |
| (noun) an independent variable in statistics | - |
| (noun) anything that contributes causally to a result | - |
| (noun) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | Synonyms: agent, broker |
| (noun) one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer | Synonyms: divisor |
| (noun) any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together | - |
| (verb) resolve into factors | Synonyms: factor in, factor out |
| (verb) consider as relevant when making a decision | Synonyms: factor in, factor out |
| (verb) be a contributing factor | - |
| factorial | (adjective) of or relating to factorials | - |
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| (noun) the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer | - |
| factoring | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factorisation, factorization |
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| factorisation | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factoring, factorization |
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| factorise | (verb) resolve (a polynomial) into factors | Synonyms: factorize |
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| factorization | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factoring, factorisation |
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| factorize | (verb) resolve (a polynomial) into factors | Synonyms: factorise |
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| factory | (noun) a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing | Synonyms: manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill |
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| factotum | (noun) a servant employed to do a variety of jobs | - |
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| factual | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by facts | - |
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| (adjective) existing in act or fact | Synonyms: actual |
| factuality | (noun) the quality of being actual or based on fact | Synonyms: factualness |
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| factually | (adverb) as a fact or based on fact | - |
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| factualness | (noun) the quality of being actual or based on fact | Synonyms: factuality |
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| facula | (noun) a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots | Synonyms: solar facula |
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| (noun) a bright spot on a planet | - |
| facultative | (adjective) able to exist under more than one set of conditions | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the mental faculties | - |
| (adjective) granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something | - |
| (adjective) optional | Synonyms: elective |
| faculty | (noun) one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind | Synonyms: mental faculty, module |
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| (noun) the body of teachers and administrators at a school | Synonyms: staff |