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Definitions: FACIES |
FACIESNoun1. The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill. 2. The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment. 3. The anterior part of the head; the face. |
Date "FACIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Facies \Fa"ci*es\, noun. [Latin expression, from, face. See Face.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A term of wide application, referring to such aspects of rock units as rock type, mode of origin, composition, fossil content, or environment ofdeposition. CF:lithofacies. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FACIES |
| English words defined with "FACIES": Facies Hippocratica ♦ Hippocratic face. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FACIES": albite-epidote-amphibolite facies, allochthon, amphibolite facies ♦ border facies ♦ euxinic ♦ facies change, facies fossil, facies map ♦ isolith, isopical ♦ kinzigite, Kootenai series ♦ metamorphic grade, mineral facies, Moses' Horns, Mucopolysaccharidosis I ♦ paragenetic ♦ sabkha, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome, subsurface geology ♦ Williams Syndrome. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "FACIES": Face, Facete, Facial ♦ superficies. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "FACIES" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (facies), Latin (accomplish, achievement, acquire, appearance, aspect, beauty, bring about, cause, compose, condition, countenance, countenance /aspect, create, do, face, facet, fashion, figure, form, look, make, presence, shape, sight, view, visage). |
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| "FACIES" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 99.06% of the time. "FACIES" is used about 106 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (common) | 99.06% | 105 | 31,781 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.94% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 106 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "FACIES": Facies Hippocratica ♦ Parkinson's facies. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "FACIES": facies-controlled. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
facies | 8 |
facies sedimentary siliciclastic | 2 |
elfin facies | 2 |
adenoid facies | 2 |
facies from log turbidite well | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FACIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 外表 (Ostensible, Ostensibly). (various references) | |
Danish | facies (mask), ansigt (face). (various references) | |
Dutch | facies, faciës, gelaat (face), aangezicht (face). (various references) | |
Finnish | suistofasies (estuarine facies), kasvojen ilmeettömyys (Parkinson's facies). (various references) | |
French | facies (facet), faciès, facette (face, facet, facet name), surface (facet, facing). (various references) | |
German | Facies (facet, surface). (various references) | |
Greek | πρόσωπο (face, figure, party, person, persona, personage, puss, role, visage), προσωπείο (mask), φάσις. (various references) | |
Italian | facies (facet). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 層相 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そうそう (attendance at a funeral, beginning, brevity, distinguished, early, eminent, funeral, hurry, inauguration, quickly, rudeness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aciesfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fácies. (various references) | |
Spanish | facies (aspect), caras. (various references) | |
Swedish | maskansikte (Parkinson's facies), estuariefacies (estuarine facies). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 9, Verse 53 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ouk edexanto auton oti to proswpon autou hn poreuomenon eiV ierousalhm |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et non receperunt eum quia facies eius erat euntis Hierusalem |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And hig ne onfengon hine forþam þe he wolde faran to hierusalem; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei resseyueden not hym, for the face `was of hym goynge in to Jerusalem. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But they wolde not receave him be cause his face was as though he wolde goo to Ierusalem. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But they would not have him there, because he was clearly going to Jerusalem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 9, Verse 53 |
| Bulgarian | Но не "о приеха, защото лицето Му беше обърнато към Ерусалим. |
| Cebuano | Apan ang mga tawo didto nanagdumili sa pagdawat kaniya kay sa malig-on gayud iya mang gitinguha ang pag-adto sa Jerusalem. |
| Chinese | 那 裡 的 人 不 接 待 他 、 他 面 向 耶 路 '' 冷 去 。 |
| Croatian | No ondje ga ne primiše jer je bio na putu u Jeruzalem. |
| Danish | Og de modtoge ham ikke, fordi han var på Vejen til Jerusalem. |
| Dutch | En zij ontvingen Hem niet, omdat Zijn aangezicht was als reizende naar Jeruzalem. |
| Finnish | Mutta siellä ei otettu häntä vastaan, koska hän oli vaeltamassa kohti Jerusalemia. |
| French | Mais on ne le reçut pas, parce qu`il se dirigeait sur Jérusalem. |
| German | Und sie nahmen ihn nicht an, darum daß er sein Angesicht gewendet hatte, zu wandeln gen Jerusalem. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, moun yo pa t' vle resevwa l', paske li tapral Jerizalèm. |
| Hungarian | De nem fogadák be õt, mivelhogy õ Jeruzsálembe megy vala. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi orang-orang di kampung itu tidak mau menerima Yesus, sebab nyata sekali Ia sedang menuju ke Yerusalem. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi tiadalah mereka itu menerima Dia, sebab perjalanan-Nya menuju ke Yeruzalem. |
| Italian | Ma essi non vollero riceverlo, perché era diretto verso Gerusalemme. |
| Korean | 예 수 께 서 예 루 살 을 향 하 여 가 시 " 로 희 가 받 아 " 이 지 아 니 하 " 지 라 |
| Latvian | Un tie Viòu neuzòçma, jo Viòa seja bija vçrsta, lai ietu uz Jeruzalemi. |
| Manx Gaelic | Agh cha dug adsyn oltaghey-bea da, er-yn-oyr dy dug ad my-ner dy row eh goll gys Jerusalem. |
| Maori | Heoi kihai era i manako ki a ia, ko te ahua hoki o tona kanohi me te mea e haere ana ia ki Hiruharama. |
| Modern Greek | Και δεν εδεχθησαν αυτον, διοτι εφαινετο οτι επορευετο εις Ιερουσαλημ. |
| Norwegian | og de tok ikke imot ham, fordi hans åsyn var vendt mot Jerusalem. |
| Portuguese | Mas não o receberam, porque viajava em direção a Jerusalém. |
| Rumanian | Dar ei nu L-au primit, pentrucq Isus Se kndrepta sq meargq spre Ierusalim. |
| Shuar | Tura Samarianmaya aentska, Jerusarénnum wéenan nekaawaru ásar itiaatniun nakitrarmiayi. |
| Spanish | pero no le recibieron porque vieron en su cara que iba a Jerusalén. |
| Swahili | Lakini wenyeji wa hapo hawakutaka kumpokea kwa sababu alikuwa anaelekea Yerusalemu. |
| Swedish | Men folket där tog icke emot honom, eftersom han var stadd på färd till Jerusalem. |
| Thai | ชาวบ้านนั้นไม่รับรองพระองค์ เพราะ"ูเหมือนว่าพระองค์กำลังทรงมุ่งพระพักตร์ไปยังกรุงเยรูซาเล็ม |
| Ukrainian | А ті не прийняли Його, бо йшов 'ін у напрямі Єрусалиму. |
| Uma | Aga pue' ngata toera, oja' -ra mpotarima Yesus, apa' ra'inca kampotoa' -na Yerusalem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "FACIES" (pronounced 'Fa"ci*es'): Abies, Aborigines, Acates, Acinaces, Aerobies, Aetites, Agrappes, Alcyones, Alectorides, Alferes, Alkermes, Altrices, Ambages, Anaerobies, Anes, Angles, Anopheles, Another-gaines, Another-gates, Anseres, Anseriformes, Antares, Antes, Antipodes, Apaches, Apieces, Apteryges, Arches, Archimedes, Arles, Ascites, Asperges, Ateles, Atlantes, Aves, Balbuties, Barytes, Bedclothes, Beeves, Belles-lettres, Bloodybones, Boanerges, Boes, Bootes, Bouch'ees, Brachypteres, Breeches, Brogues, Cacoethes, Campanes, Caryatides, Cates, Cerastes, Ceres, Certes, Chaetetes, Chausses, Cherokees, Ches, Chesses, Cheyennes, Clamatores, Clavicornes, Clayes, Clidastes, Cokes, Colluvies, Comanches, Comes, Compages, Congeries, Conirostres, Cortes, Cowblakes, Cracowes, Crees, Crossbones, Crosstrees, Crottles, Cultirostres, Cursores, Curtes, Curvirostres, Cyphonautes, Cypres, Dagges, Dalles, Dalmanites, Darbies, Dasypaedes, Delawares, Delices, Dermestes, Detteles, Diogenes, Disparates, Dives, Does, Drag'ees, Drawgloves, Eaves, Ecardines, Ecclesiastes, Eddoes, Elles, Ephialtes, Epitithides, Equites, Esplees, Eumenides, Euornithes, Faeces, Fasces, Favosites, Fides, Fissirostres, Five-twenties, Flavorles, Fomes, Fossores, Fungibles, Galwes, Gamashes, Gambadoes, Gascoines, Gascoynes, Gasteromycetes, Gastromyces, Gemitores, Gemmipara, Gemmipares, Gerontes, Gives, Glires, Gramashes, Grammates, Graveclothes, Greaves, Gres, Gules, Hades, Halones, Halteres, Halysites, Hanselines, heaves, Helminthes, Hennes, Hercules, Hermes, Herodiones, herpes, Hesperides, Hippocrates, hives, Hotcockles, Hurries, Hylodes, Hymenomycetes, Hypochondres, Ichneumonides, IDES, Impennes, Imperiousnes, Indies, Indoles, Inexpressibles, Ingluvies, Intransigentes, Ironsides, isosceles, Ixodes, jackanapes, jakes, Jane-of-apes, Jeames, Johannes, Junketries, Jutes, Kamtschadales, Kayles, Kyloes, Lamellirostres, Lames, Lates, Latirostres, lazybones, Lemures, Lendes, Les, Lesses, Levirostres, Lign-aloes, Limoges, litotes, Longipennes, Louchettes, Maccabees, Macrochires, Macropteres, Magnes, Maithes, Manes, Manyplies, Marseilles, Mathes, Mealies, measles, Mebles, Melanconiales, Melasses, meninges, menses, Microlestes, Mobles, Moebles, molasses, Mollities, Molosses, Moniliales, mores, Moses, Muscales, Muskogees, Mycetes, Myxomycetes, Myzontes, Nares, Natatores, Nates, Navajoes, Nemertes, Nereites, Nettles, Neuvaines, Nine-eyes, Nineholes, Nombles, Nones, Nowes, Nummulites, Nymphales, Odontornithes, Oftentimes, Ofttimes, Ones, Oones, Optimates, Orbitolites, Oreades, Osages, Oscines, Othergates, PahUtes, Palatonares, Paleichthyes, Palmidactyles, Palmipedes, Papiliones, Papilionides, Paradoxides, Paries, Passeres, Pawnees, Pelecaniformes, Penates, Pentremites, Perameles, Percesoces, Perciformes, Persiennes, PES, Pettitoes, Phryganeides, Piciformes, Pierides, Piles, Pinnipedes, Pinnywinkles, Placoides, Plathelminthes, Platyelminthes, Pleiades, Pluries, Pluroderes, Populares, Porites, Postnares, Potashes, Praecoces, Praenares, Praetores, Precoces, Prees, Premices, Primates, Proceres, Procrustes, Proteles, Pseudoscorpiones, Psilopaedes, Pterocletes, Ptilopaedes, Pubes, Pygropodes, Quirites, Quoddies, Rabies, Rackabones, Rapaces, Raptores, Reccheles, Rhaphides, Rheumides, Rhomboides, Ribes, riches, Rosemaloes, Rudistes, Rullichies, Rurales, Saccharomyces, Saccharomycetes, Samoyedes, sanies, Santees, Sarcoptes, sawbones, Scansores, Scatches, Schizomycetes, Scombriformes, Seiches, Sekes, Seminoles, Serrirostres, Seven-thirties, Shawnees, Sherryvallies, Shortclothes, Shoshones, Silkensides, singles, Skayles, skittles, Slickensides, Slipes, Smallclothes, Soboles, Sonties, Sordes, Sorites, Spatterdashes, species, Spetches, Sporades, Square-toes, stapes, Starblowlines, Steganopodes, Stipes, Stives, strangles, Strepitores, Striges, Strisores, Sturiones, Subbrachiales, subspecies, Subulicornes, sundries, superficies, sweepstakes, Sycones, tabes, Tales, talipes, Tectrices, Tenthredinides, Tenuirostres, Termes, Testicardines, Themselves, Thryes, Tinamides, Torques, Toxotes, Trappures, Triangulares, Trichoscolices, Troglodytes, Trollmydames, Tubinares, Tunguses, Turdiformes, Tympanites, Uchees, unawares, underclothes, unmentionables. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-s" | |
-1 letter: cafes, faces, fices, saice. | |
-2 letters: aces, asci, cafe, case, face, fice, fisc, ices, safe, seif, sice. | |
-3 letters: ace, ais, cis, efs, fas, fie, ice, ifs, sac, sae, sea, sec, sei, sic. | |
-4 letters: ae, ai, as, ef, es, fa, if, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-f-i-s" | |
+1 letter: bifaces, fancies, farcies, fasciae, fascine, fecials, fiacres, fiances. | |
+2 letters: affiches, caffeins, casefied, casefies, cavefish, faciends, faiences, fanciers, fanciest, fasciate, fascicle, fascines, fiancees, fiascoes, finances, focalise, icefalls, pacifies, unifaces. | |
+3 letters: acetifies, acidifies, affiances, artifices, backfires, bonifaces, briefcase, caffeines, calcifies, califates, campfires, canfields, carnifies, casefying, catfishes, ceasefire, chaffiest, clarifies, coalifies, craftiest, defiances, disaffect, facelifts, facetious, facsimile, factories, faculties, fallacies, fancifies, fanciness, fasciated, fascicled, fascicles, fascicule, fascinate, firebacks, fireclays, focalised, focalises, focalizes, franchise, fricassee, infancies, opacifies, pacifiers, sacrifice, scarified, scarifier, scarifies, tackifies, trifectas. | |
+4 letters: acidifiers, affections, affricates, archerfish, archfiends, artificers, backfields, bifurcates, blackflies, briefcases, cafeterias, calcifuges, candlefish, catchflies, cavefishes, ceasefires, chieftains, clarifiers, classified, classifier, classifies, coalfields, coalfishes, cofinances, confiscate, craftiness, crawfished, crawfishes, crayfishes, declassify, disaffects, efficacies, fabricates, facileness, facilities, facsimiles, factorizes, falconries, fascicules, fascinated, fascinates, federacies, feminacies, feracities, financiers, fireplaces, flackeries, foliaceous, fornicates, fortalices, franchised, franchisee, franchiser, franchises, fricandoes, fricasseed, fricassees, fricatives, friedcakes, fruitcakes, fugacities, hawfinches, interfaces, jackfishes, jackknifes, laticifers, lightfaces, luciferase, officiates, prefascist, reclassify, refinances, repacifies, sacrificed, sacrificer, sacrifices, sanctified, sanctifier, sanctifies, scarifiers, tackifiers, ventifacts, whitefaces. | |
+5 letters: affirmances, affluencies, afterpieces, blackfishes, cafetoriums, calciferols, calciferous, chaffinches, chiffonades, classifieds, classifiers, clofibrates, cofavorites, confidantes, confiscable, confiscated, confiscates, deacidifies, decalcifies, defecations, disaffected, disgraceful, efficacious, enfranchise, facetiously, facilitates, facticities, fanaticizes, fancinesses, farinaceous, fasciculate, feldspathic, felicitates, feudalistic, fianchettos, fiddlebacks, fiduciaries, finicalness, flagrancies, flippancies, forecaddies, forecasting, formicaries, fragrancies, franchisees, franchisers, franticness, fratricides, fricandeaus, lactiferous, luciferases, magnificoes, misfeasance, officialese, officiaries, preachifies, prefascists, prefinances, refractions, resurfacing, sacrificers, sanctifiers, spaceflight, specifiable, suffocative, superficial, traffickers, trifurcates, ultrafiches, vociferates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 41 43 49 45 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- -.-. .. . ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01000001 01000011 01001001 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F A C I E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0041 0043 0049 0045 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)403537433953 |
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