Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or concerning the face.
- noun A treatment for the face, usually consisting of a massage and the application of cosmetic creams.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the face: as, facial expression: an epithet specifically applied in anatomy to many structures which compose this part of the head: as, a facial artery, bone, muscle, nerve, vein, etc.
- Pertaining to some part of an animal like or called the face; specifically, in entomology, pertaining to the front of the head, or to the part distinguished as the face in the various orders.
- Common, a short trunk, formed by the union of the anterior facial and anterior division of temporomaxillary to empty into the jugular at the level of the hyoid bone.
- Deep, a vein passing from the pterygoid plexus to empty into the anterior facial below the malar bone. Also called
anterior internal maxillary vein . - Posterior, the temporomaxillary vein.
- Transverse, one of two veins passing over the surface of the masseter muscle to empty into the common temporal vein. See basifacial, craniofacial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the face.
- adjective (Anat.) the angle, in a skull, included between a straight line (ab, in the illustrations), from the most prominent part of the forehead to the front efge of the upper jaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to the center of the external auditory opening. See Gnathic index, under
Gnathic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or affecting the
face . - noun a personal care
beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face. - noun slang A foul play which involves one player hitting another in the face.
- noun vulgar, slang A sex act of male
ejaculation onto another person's face.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
- adjective of or concerning the face
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Examples
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The group likes to pull stunts decrying what it calls facial hair discrimination, such as saving the job of a Ruby Tuesday's employee who was threatened with being fired for violating the company's no facial hair policy.
Millions Of Men Grow Mustaches For 'Movember' Cancer Fundraiser AP 2010
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The group likes to pull stunts decrying what it calls facial hair discrimination, such as saving the job of a Ruby Tuesday's employee who was threatened with being fired for violating the company's no facial hair policy.
Millions Of Men Grow Mustaches For 'Movember' Cancer Fundraiser AP 2010
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She was always getting what she called a facial, from which process she would emerge looking pinker and creamier than ever.
Half Portions Edna Ferber 1926
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The group likes to pull stunts decrying what it calls facial hair discrimination, such as saving the job of a Ruby Tuesday's employee who was threatened with being fired for violating the company's no facial hair policy.
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The group likes to pull stunts decrying what it calls facial hair discrimination, such as saving the job of a Ruby Tuesday's employee who was threatened with being fired for violating the company's no facial hair policy.
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The group likes to pull stunts decrying what it calls facial hair discrimination, such as saving the job of a Ruby Tuesday's employee who was threatened with being fired for violating the company's no facial hair policy.
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These are just examples of what we called facial deformities.
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Fancies herself to be an up-and-coming performance artist who specializes in facial gesticulations to accompany the sounds of flushing toilets and car alarms.
George Heymont: Getting Things Off Their Chest (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010
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Fancies herself to be an up-and-coming performance artist who specializes in facial gesticulations to accompany the sounds of flushing toilets and car alarms.
George Heymont: Getting Things Off Their Chest (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010
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What he lacks in facial-hair stylishness, though, Mr. Bumgarner made up for Sunday night with one of the most dominant pitching performances by a rookie in World Series history.
Giants Win 4-0 Over Rangers Mike Sielski 2010
namispa commented on the word facial
(n): a treatment to beautify the face
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January 3, 2008