Face-card
noun
1.
the king, queen, or jack of playing cards.
noun
1.
(in a pack of playing cards) a king, queen, or jack of any suit Also called (in Britain and certain other countries) court card
noun phrase
An important person; star; big shot: Oh, don’t be so modest, you’re a face card yourself now (1970s+)
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adjective 1. (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each face of each unit cell as well as at the corners Compare body-centred
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[feys-sen-terd] /ˈfeɪsˌsɛn tərd/ adjective, Crystallography. 1. (of a crystal structure) having lattice points on the faces of the unit cells.
- Facecloth
[feys-klawth, -kloth] /ˈfeɪsˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ/ noun, plural facecloths [feys-klawth z, -kloth z, -klawths, -kloths] /ˈfeɪsˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/ (Show IPA) 1. .
- Faced
[feyst] /feɪst/ adjective 1. having a specified kind of or number of (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god. [feys] /feɪs/ noun 1. the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin. 2. a look or expression on this part: a sad face. 3. an expression or look that […]
- Facedown
[adverb feys-doun; noun feys-doun] /adverb ˈfeɪsˈdaʊn; noun ˈfeɪsˌdaʊn/ adverb 1. with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table. noun 2. Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.