phys·i·og·no·my 
(fĭz′ē-ŏgnə-mē, -ŏnə-mē)
(fĭz′ē-ŏgnə-mē, -ŏnə-mē)n. pl. phys·i·og·no·mies
1. Facial features.
2.
a. The art of judging human character from facial features.
b. Divination based on facial features.
3. Aspect and character of an inanimate or abstract entity: the physiognomy of New England.
[Middle English phisonomie, from Old French phisionomie, from Late Latin physiognōmia, from Greek phusiognōmiā, variant of phusiognōmoniā : phusio-, physio- + gnōmōn, gnōmon-, interpreter; see gnō- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
phys′i·og·nomic (-ŏg-nŏmĭk, -ə-nŏmĭk), phys′i·og·nomi·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
phys′i·og·nomi·cal·ly adv.
phys′i·ogno·mist n.