Adjective
- Of or affecting the face.
- (law, by extension) (of a law or regulation validity) on its face; as it appears (as opposed to as it is applied)
Coordinate terms
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, incisocervical, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Exemple
- The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.
Noun
- A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
- (film) A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
Exemple
- But in facials, moving picture technology also enabled an exaggeration of this performance tradition, bringing a new emphasis to the details […]
- He gave his wife a creamy facial.
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Noun
- Any of the relatively small crocodilians of genus Caiman, within family Alligatoridae.
- A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards.
Examples
- Caimans are reptiles that are closely related to their Central and South American neighbors, the alligators. Adult caimans are usually four to six feet in length.
- The caimans are found in South America, mainly in the Amazon basin, with one species extending into the southern part of Mexico and another reaching northern parts of Argentina.
- Newly hatched caimans eat insects. Young caimans are eaten by Jabirus, Wood Storks, Great Egrets, and raccoons. Adult caimans have no predators except human poachers.
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