face saver

an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) ;

face saving

an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) ;

face soap

soap used as a toiletry ;

face towel

a small towel used to dry the hands or face ;

face value

the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth ; the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value ;

face veil

a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face ;

facelift

a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes; "give your home a facelift"; "more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction" ; 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; "some actresses have more than one face lift" ;

faceplate

a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component) ;

facer

(a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced ;

facet

a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question" ; a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone) ;

facet plane

the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube) ;

facetiousness

playful humor ;

facia

a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc ;

facial

care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams ; cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles ;

facial artery

an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face ;

facial expression

the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" ; a gesture executed with the facial muscles ;

facial gesture

a gesture executed with the facial muscles ;

facial index

the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face ;

facial muscle

any of the skeletal muscles of the face ;

facial nerve

cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles ;

facial profiling

identification of criminals and terrorist by means of videotapes of their faces; "facial profiling is a new form of airport security" ;

facial recognition

biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces; "they used face recognition to spot known terrorists" ;

facial tissue

tissue paper suitable for use on the face ;

facial vein

any of several veins draining the face ;

facilitation

act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something ; (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 ; the condition of being made easy (or easier); "social facilitation is an adaptive condition" ;

facilitator

someone who makes progress easier ;

facility

a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you; "a cell phone with internet facility" ; something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service; "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities" ; a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" ; a natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen ; skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer" ;

facing

providing something with a surface of a different material ; a protective covering that protects the outside of a building ; a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening ; an ornamental coating to a building ;

facing pages

two facing pages of a book or other publication ;

facsimile

duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio ; an exact copy or reproduction ;

facsimile machine

duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio ;

fact

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" ; a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts" ; a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts" ; an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell" ;

fact mood

a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact ;

faction

a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue ; a dissenting clique ;

factoid

a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item ; something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print ;

factor

(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; "genes were formerly called factors" ; an independent variable in statistics ; an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" ; anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome" ; a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission ; any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together ; one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" ;

factor analysis

any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors; beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that are regarded as the basic variable that account for the interrelations observed in the data ;

factor i

a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots ;

factor ii

a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin ;

factor iii

an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot ;