external+aspect

  • 81To fly in the face of — Face Face (f[=a]s), n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see {Fact}); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. {Facetious}.] 1. The exterior form or appearance… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 82To make a face — Face Face (f[=a]s), n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see {Fact}); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. {Facetious}.] 1. The exterior form or appearance… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 83watch clock compass card etc — Face Face (f[=a]s), n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see {Fact}); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. {Facetious}.] 1. The exterior form or appearance… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 84physiognomy — noun (plural mies) Etymology: Middle English phisonomie, from Anglo French phisenomie, from Late Latin physiognomonia, physiognomia, from Greek physiognōmonia, from physiognōmōn judging character by the features, from physis nature, physique,… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 85Calabar bean — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magno …

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  • 86person — /perr seuhn/, n. 1. a human being, whether man, woman, or child: The table seats four persons. 2. a human being as distinguished from an animal or a thing. 3. Sociol. an individual human being, esp. with reference to his or her social… …

    Universalium

  • 87The Escorial —     The Escorial     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Escorial     A remarkable building in Spain situated on the south eastern slope of the Sierra Guadarrama about twenty seven miles north west of Madrid. Its proper title is El Real Monasterio de… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 88constriction — 1. [TA] A normally or pathologically constricted or narrowed portion of a structure. SYN: constrictio [TA]. SEE ALSO: stricture, stenosis. 2. The act or process of binding or contracting, becoming narrowed; the condition of being constricted.… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 89habit — (L). Live, dwell; fleshy•habitus (L). The external aspect …

    Dictionary of word roots and combining forms

  • 90periphery — n 1. circumference, perimeter, edge, rim, fringe, verge, skirt; circuit, compass, ambit, margin, frame, outline, confine, confines; brink, brow, brim, hem; bound, limit, bourn, pale, extremity, termination; limits, circumspection, boundary,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder