FACIAL

facial

(adjective) of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object

facial

(adjective) of or concerning the face; “a facial massage”; “facial hair”; “facial expression”

facial

(noun) care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams

facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve

(noun) cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

facial (comparative more facial, superlative most facial)

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)

Noun

facial (plural facials)

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.

(slang, in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another in the face.

(slang) A sex act of male ejaculation onto another person's face.

Anagrams

• cafila

Source: Wiktionary

Fa"cial, a. Etym: [LL. facialis, fr. L. facies face : cf. F. facial.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve.

– Fa"cial*ly, adv. Facial angle (Anat.), the angle, in a skull, included between a straight line (ab, in the illustrations), from the most prominent part of the forehead to the front efge of the upper jaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to the center of the external auditory opening. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition