identikit

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: I=den=ti=kit

CIDE DICTIONARY

identikit, prop. n. [trademark].

 A set of images containing a wide variety of facial features, such as noses, hairlines, chins, etc. on transparencies which can be overlayed in combinations to build up a picture of a person; it is used by police agencies to create concrete images of a crime suspect from the descriptions of witnesses; the image created with the kit is also called an Identikit, or more properly an Identikit picture.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

identikit, n. (often attrib.) propr. a reconstructed picture of a person (esp. one sought by the police) assembled from transparent strips showing typical facial features according to witnesses' descriptions.

Etymology

IDENTITY + KIT(1)