facial
Plural: facials
Noun
- cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles
- care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams
- A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
- A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
- (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
- A sex act of ejaculation onto another person's face.
- pl. -S a treatment for the face
Adjective
- of or concerning the face
- "a facial massage"
- "facial hair"
- "facial expression"
- of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object
Adj
- Of or affecting the face.
- Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
- (of a law or regulation validity) On its face; as it appears (as opposed to on a more probing analysis, as it is applied, etc.).
Examples
- "Long-Dong Chuck gave his co-star a creamy facial."
- "The facial constitutionality of the law is in question."
Origin / Etymology
Early 17th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”), from faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Synonyms
facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve, money shot
Scrabble Score: 11
facial: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordfacial: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
facial: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
facial is a valid Words With Friends word