face powder noun

A cosmetic powder for the face

faceˈ-saver noun

A course of action that saves one's face (see below)

faceˈ-saving noun and adjective

Saving one's face (see below)

FaceˈTime® noun

An application enabling video calls to be made over a wireless network

transitive verb

(usu without caps) to communicate with (a person) using this application

face value noun

1. The value as stated on the face of a coin, share certificate, etc
2. The apparent value of anything, which may not be the same as its real value

facial angle noun

(in skull measurement) the angle formed by lines drawn from the middle of the forehead to the upper jaw above the incisor teeth and from the opening of the ear to the opening of the nose

facial mapping noun

A forensic technique for reconstructing the original face beneath a disguise

face down

1. To shame or intimidate with stern looks
2. To confront and make concede

face off

1. To start a game (of ice-hockey, etc) by a face-off
2. To confront each other
3. To adopt a mutually confrontational attitude

face out

1. To carry off by confident appearance
2. To face down

face the music (informal)

1. To accept unpleasant consequences at their worst
2. To brave a trying situation, hostile reception, etc

face to face

1. Opposite
2. In actual presence, in person
3. In confrontation (faceˈ-to-faceˈ adjective)

face up to

1. To face or stand up to
2. To recognize (a fact or facts) and prepare to endure or act bravely

fly in the face of

To oppose or defy

get in (or out of) someone's face (informal)

To begin (or stop) harassing or obstructing someone

have two faces

To be two-faced (see under two)

in the face of

In defiance of, despite

in-your-face or in-yer-face (slang)

1. Aggressive
2. Direct and provocative

look (someone) in the face

To look at (someone) without shame or embarrassment

lose face

To lose prestige

loss of face

Humiliation, loss of dignity

make or pull faces at

To distort one's face into exaggerated expressions in order to amuse, annoy, etc

off one's face (slang)

1. Drunk or high on drugs
2. Crazy

on the face of it

1. On its own showing
2. As is palpably plain
3. At first glance

pull a long face

To look dismal

put a good or brave face on (it)

To adopt a good-natured or stoical attitude in a troublesome situation

put one's face on (informal)

To apply cosmetics to the face

right face!, left face! or right about face!

Words of command, on which soldiers turn to the side specified

run one's face (obs sl)

To obtain things on credit by sheer impudence

save one's face

To avoid humiliation or appearance of climbing down

set one's face against

To oppose strenuously

show one's face

To appear

to one's face

In one's presence, openly

powder /powˈdər/

noun

1. Any solid in the form of fine dust-like particles
2. (also face powder) a cosmetic in this form patted onto the skin to give it a soft smooth appearance
3. Hair-powder (qv)
4. Gunpowder
5. Dust (obsolete)
6. Powder snow (skiing)
7. A dose of medicine in powder form

transitive verb

1. To reduce to powder, to pulverize
2. To sprinkle, daub or cover with powder
3. To sprinkle with salt or spices in preserving, to salt (obsolete or dialect)
4. To sprinkle

intransitive verb

1. To crumble into powder
2. To use powder for the hair or face

powˈdered adjective

1. Reduced to powder eg (of food) through dehydration and crushing
2. Sprinkled, daubed or dusted with powder
3. Salted

powˈdery adjective

1. Of the nature of powder
2. Covered with powder
3. Dusty
4. Friable

powder blue noun

A pale blue colour, orig produced from powdered smalt (qv)

powder box noun

A box for face powder, hair-powder, etc

powder burn noun

A minor burn caused to skin in proximity to a gunpowder explosion

powder closet or powˈdering-closˈet noun (historical)

A small room in which hair was powdered

powder compact see compact¹

powder down noun

A kind of down on some birds that readily disintegrates in powder

powdered sugar noun (N American)

Very fine sugar produced by grinding granulated sugar

powder flask or powder horn noun

A flask (orig a horn) for carrying gunpowder

powˈdering-gown noun

A loose dressing-gown worn while the hair was being powdered

powˈdering-tub noun

1. A vessel in which meat is salted
2. A tub used in the treatment of venereal disease by sweating (obsolete)

powder keg noun

1. A small barrel for gunpowder
2. A potentially explosive situation

powder magazine noun

A place where gunpowder is stored

powder metallurgy noun

The science and art of preparing metals for use by reducing them, as a stage in the process, to powder form

powder mill noun

A mill in which gunpowder is made

powder monkey noun

1. A boy carrying powder from the magazine to the gunners on a ship-of-war (historical)
2. Generally, someone who carries out blasting operations

powder puff noun

1. A pad of velvety or fluffy material for dusting powder onto the skin
2. An effeminate male homosexual (slang)

powder room noun

1. A ship's powder magazine
2. A room for powdering the hair (also powˈdering-room)
3. A ladies' cloakroom or toilet (euphemistic)

powˈder-skiing noun

(the art of) skiing in powder snow such as that encountered off piste

powder snow noun

Freshly fallen loose thick dry snow

powdery mildew noun

1. A plant disease affecting eg roses, caused by a parasitic fungus (family Erysiphaceae), whose spores appear as a powdery white covering on leaves and stems
2. Any of the fungi that cause this disease

keep one's powder dry

1. To preserve one's energies so as to be able to act when the moment comes, play a waiting game
2. To observe all practical precautions

powder one's nose (euphemistic; of a woman)

To go to the toilet