| babbitt |
to provide with a lining or facing of Babbitt metal. [1/2 definitions] |
| back-to-back |
having the back sides adjoining so that the front sides are facing outward. [1/2 definitions] |
| berlin |
a large four-wheeled closed carriage with separate perches for the footman and driver, and two facing seats inside. [1/2 definitions] |
| broadside |
with the broadest side facing a given point or direction. [1/9 definitions] |
| centerfold |
the facing pages at the center of a magazine, often used for a large photograph or other graphic display. [1/2 definitions] |
| cloister |
in architecture, a covered walkway around the inside of a building, facing an open central courtyard. [1/4 definitions] |
| condyle |
a rounded projection on the end of one bone that fits into a hollow at the facing end of the next bone, forming a ball-and-socket joint. |
| console table |
a narrow waist-high table often placed against a wall, the facing legs of which have ornamental brackets. |
| cop out |
(informal) to avoid facing a responsibility or fulfilling a promise, esp. in a cowardly way. |
| country-dance |
an English folk dance characterized by dancers forming two lines facing each other. |
| east |
the direction in front of a person facing the rising sun. [2/7 definitions] |
| eastward |
in, at, facing, or moving toward the east. [1/3 definitions] |
| endways |
with the end of one object touching or facing the end of the next; end to end. [1/4 definitions] |
| extrorse |
in botany, facing outward; turned away from the center. (Cf. introrse.) |
| forehand |
of a stroke in tennis or the like, performed with the palm facing forward. [1/4 definitions] |
| front |
to be facing in a specified direction. [1/13 definitions] |
| frontispiece |
an illustration facing or preceding the title page of a book. |
| guardant |
of an animal on a heraldic shield, depicted with the head facing the viewer and the body in profile. |
| gutter |
the inner margins between facing pages of a book. [1/10 definitions] |
| half gainer |
a dive in which the diver, facing forward, executes half of a backward somersault, thus entering the water headfirst and facing the diving board. |
| head-on |
frontally opposed or facing, or meeting head-to-head or front-to-front, as in a conflict or collision. [2/3 definitions] |