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fa·cial
 facial
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- pronunciation:
- feI
sh
 l
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
of or pertaining to the face.
facial hair |
(adj.)facial
+ noun
academy,
acne,
anatomy,
appearance,
artery,
asymmetry,
beard,
bone,
burn,
canal,
characteristic,
cleanser,
clothing,
contortion,
contour,
cream,
cue,
decompression,
deformity,
depression,
disfigurement,
dissection,
ear,
edema,
emotion,
emphysema,
exploration,
expression,
feature,
fracture,
function,
fur,
gesture,
headache,
height,
implant,
injury,
language,
lesion,
lotion,
marking,
mask,
moisturizer,
movement,
muscle,
nerve,
numbness,
pain,
palsy,
paralysis,
paresis,
peel,
plastic,
procedure,
reaction,
recess,
recognition,
reconstruction,
resemblance,
ridge,
scar,
scrub,
soap,
stimulation,
stimulus,
structure,
surgeon,
surgery,
tattoo,
therapy,
tic,
tissue,
tone,
trauma,
twitch,
vein,
vessel,
wash,
weakness,
wound,
wrinkle
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a treatment of the face, consisting of a massage and the application of cosmetic creams.
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verb + (n.)facial
get, include, massage, use
noun + (n.)facial
body, hair, manicure, massage, mud, nail, oxygen, pedicure, service, skin, spa, treatment, wrap
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| derivation: |
facially (adv.) |
The word facial
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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