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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

eyeshadow
noun makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes

eyesight
seeing 1 sightedness noun normal use of the faculty of vision

eyesore
noun something very ugly and offensive

eyespot
ocellus noun an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color

eyestrain
asthenopia noun a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem

eyewitness
noun a spectator who can describe what happened

Eyre
Lake Eyre noun a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent

Eyre Peninsula
noun a peninsula of southern Australia

eyrir
noun 100 aurar equal 1 krona in Iceland

Eysenck Personality Inventory
EPI noun a self-report personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck`s factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)

Ezekiel
Ezechiel noun an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel`s prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration

Ezra
Book of Ezra noun an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi`s efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity

fa
noun the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization

fa la
fal la noun meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong

Faberge
Peter Carl Faberge noun Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920)

fabian
dilatory adjective using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation; `a fabian policy`

Fabian Society
noun an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism

Fabiana
genus Fabiana noun genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs

Fabianism
noun socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law

fable
parable noun a short moral story (often with animal characters)

fabled
legendary adjective celebrated in fable or legend; `the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox`; `legendary exploits of Jesse James`

fabric
cloth noun artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; `the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent`; `woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC`; `she measured off enough material for a dress`

fabricate
manufacture 1 cook up verb make up something artificial or untrue

fabricated
fancied adjective formed or conceived by the imagination; `a fabricated excuse for his absence`; `a fancied wrong`; `a fictional character`; `used fictitious names`; `a made-up story`

fabrication
noun the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; `the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals`; `an improvement in the manufacture of explosives`; `manufacturing is vital to Great Britain`

fabrication
fictionalisation noun writing in a fictional form

fabulist
noun a person who tells or invents fables

fabulous
fab adjective extremely pleasing; `a fabulous vacation`

fabulously
fantastically adverb in a fabulous manner; `she was a fabulously gifted player`

facade
window dressing noun a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

face
noun a vertical surface of a building or cliff

face angle
noun the angle formed by two edges of a polyhedral angle

face card
picture card noun one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face

face guard
noun face mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmets

face lift
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; `some actresses have more than one face lift`

face mask
noun mask that provides a protective covering for the face in such sports as baseball or football or hockey

face off
bully off verb start a game by a face-off

face pack
noun a cream that cleanses and tones the skin

face powder
noun cosmetic powder for the face

face recognition
facial recognition noun 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`

face saver
face saving noun an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)

face the music
carry-the can verb accept the unpleasant consequences of one`s actions

face to face
adverb involving close contact; confronting each other; `the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner`; `they spoke face to face`

face value
noun the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth

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

face-amount certificate company
noun a regulated investment company that pays a stated amount to certificate holders on a stated maturity date

face-harden
verb harden steel by adding carbon

face-lift
lift verb perform cosmetic surgery on someone`s face

face-off
noun (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players

face-saving
adjective maintaining dignity or prestige; `a face-saving compromise`

face-to-face
adjective in each other`s presence; `a face-to-face encounter`

face-to-face
adverb directly facing each other; `the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table`; `lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street`; `they sat opposite at the table`

faced
adjective having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination; `a neatly faced terrace`

faceless
adjective without a face or identity; `a faceless apparition`; `the faceless accusers of the police state`

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

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

facet
noun a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)

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

faceted
adjective having facets; `a faceted diamond`

facetiously
jokingly 1 tongue-in-cheek adverb not seriously; `I meant it facetiously`

facetiousness
noun playful humor

facial
adjective of or concerning the face; `a facial massage`; `facial hair`; `facial expression`

facial artery
arteria facialis noun an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face

facial expression
facial gesture noun a gesture executed with the facial muscles

facial index
noun the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face

facial muscle
noun any of the skeletal muscles of the face

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

facial tissue
noun tissue paper suitable for use on the face

facial vein
vena facialis noun any of several veins draining the face

facially
adverb with respect to the face

facile
adjective arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; `too facile a solution for so complex a problem`

facilitate
ease verb make easier; `you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge`

facilitated
adjective freed from difficulty or impediment

facilitation
noun act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something

facilitative
adjective freeing from difficulty or impediment; `facilitative changes in the economic structure`

facilitator
noun someone who makes progress easier

facilitatory
adjective inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity

facility
installation noun a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; `the assembly plant is an enormous facility`

facing
cladding noun a protective covering that protects the outside of a building

facing
noun an ornamental coating to a building

facsimile
facsimile machine noun duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

facsimile
noun an exact copy or reproduction

fact-finding
investigative adjective designed to find information or ascertain facts; `a fact-finding committee`; `investigative reporting`

faction
sect noun a dissenting clique

factitious
adjective not produced by natural forces; `brokers created a factitious demand for stocks`

factoid
noun a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item

factor
noun anything that contributes causally to a result; `a number of factors determined the outcome`

factor
broker noun a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

factor analyse
factor analyze verb to perform a factor analysis of correlational data

factor analysis
noun 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 analytical
factor analytic adjective of or relating to or the product of factor analysis

factor of proportionality
constant of proportionality noun the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality

factorial
adjective of or relating to factorials

factorization
factorisation noun (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial

factorize
factorise verb resolve (a polynomial) into factors

factory
mill 1 manufacturing plant noun a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

factory price
noun price charged for goods picked up at the factory

factory ship
noun a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea

factory whistle
noun a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work

factotum
noun a servant employed to do a variety of jobs