Crossword clues for makeup
makeup
- Kind of exam or kit
- The way in which someone or something is composed
- Cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
- Studio department
- Lipstick, powder, etc.
- Greasepaint
- Cosmetics for self-beautification
- Construct foundation, perhaps
- Bury the hatchet
- Invent face paint?
- Invent what uranium and phosphorus do in combination
The Collaborative International Dictionary
makeup \make"up`\, make-up \make"-up`\(m[=a]k"[u^]p`), n.
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1. The way in which the parts of anything are put together.
The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up.
--L. F. Ward. The constituent parts of anything; as, the makeup of the new congress was predominantly conservative.
Cosmetics applied to the face, such as lipstick, facial power, or eye shadow.
The aggregate of cosmetics and costume worn by an actor.
The effect or appearance of the wearing of makeup (in senses 3 or 4); often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character; as, her makeup was very realistic.
An action that is taken to fulfill a requirement not accomplished at the expected time, such as a make-up examination; as, the student took his make-up on Saturday.
(Printing) The appearance of a page of a publication, specifically the type style of the text and the spatial arrangement of the text, illustrations, advertising material etc., on the page.
(Printing) The art or process of arranging the portions of a printed publication on the pages for esthetic reasons or for optimal effect on the reader.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context uncountable English) An item's composition. 2 (context uncountable English) cosmetic; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to improve its appearance. 3 (context Industry English) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up. n. 1 (context uncountable English) An item's composition. 2 (context uncountable English) cosmetic; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to improve its appearance. 3 (context Industry English) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
WordNet
n. the way in which someone or something is composed [syn: constitution, composition]
cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance [syn: make-up, war paint]
an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event; "he missed the test and had to take a makeup"; "the two teams played a makeup one week later"
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "makeup".
Later, when Marshall arrived in Philadelphia, Adams felt still better about the makeup of the commission.
She was immediately greeted by a zealous aesthetician with jet-black hair and lots of makeup, whom Nadine guessed to be in her late forties.
The imposter sister was not nearly as polished-looking as the anchorwoman, with tousled spikes in her auburn hair and barely a drop of makeup to adorn her catlike eyes.
You can add additional layers, covering acne with makeup, or treating it with sperm or with benzoyl peroxide.
He dipped his ringers into a wooden tub and began slathering his face with butterfat, which was what we used for makeup remover in those days.
An orange tear slides down her face: chromographic Steward makeup, reacting to the salt.
Taped to the inside of the locker was a picture of Orion Kronsteen in his Jack the Ripper makeup from London Screams, clipped reverentially from an old Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine.
She left the pearls in place, changed back into the black high-heeled shoes, once more retouched her hair and makeup, forwent another dab of scent and then, as she opened the door, gave out a shriek of terror.
Eddie was shoved into the greenroom, which was overbright with dazzling mirrors and the glare of makeup lights.
Wings may be faked, halos might be contrived, but beauty without makeup was surely impossible to feign.
A Second Look by Marianna Heusler He watched her walking towards him, cocky and self-assured, her skirt hitched up way above her hefty thighs, her scarlet sweater outlining her ample curves as well as her flabby rolls, her makeup caked on her face, her lips slippery with colored Vaseline, her hair sprayed and gelled in some elaborate do.
Makeup would have done wonders to enhance it, but one glance had revealed to Tara that Jessy was totally devoid of any, except, perhaps, some lipstick.
It took Kiku very little time to renew her makeup as Suisen combed and brushed her hair and retied it into the shimoda style.
Francis stopped briefly back at her room in order to touch up her makeup then headed toward the Kingwood police precinct building.
The linkboy lit two candles and stepped out into the hall, Lewrie following to complete the sham as Margaret began to attend to her makeup and dress.