makeup

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: make=up

CIDE DICTIONARY

makeup, n. 

•  The way in which the parts of anything are put together.  [1913 Webster]

  "The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up."  [1913 Webster]
•  The constituent parts of anything; as, the makeup of the new congress was predominantly conservative.  [PJC]
•  Cosmetics applied to the face, such as lipstick, facial power, or eye shadow.  [PJC]
•  The aggregate of cosmetics and costume worn by an actor.  [PJC]
•  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.  [PJC]
•  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.  [PJC]
•  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.  [PJC]
•  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.  [PJC]

THESAURUS

makeup

Platonic form, Platonic idea, acknowledgments, aesthetic form, anatomy, animus, aptitude, archetype, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, art form, assemblage, assembly, back, back matter, bad copy, bad likeness, base, bastard title, bent, bias, bibliography, blackface, body-build, brand, build, building, buildup, camouflage, cast, catch line, catchword, character, characteristic, characteristics, clown white, cold cream, colophon, combination, compact, complexion, composition, compound, configuration, conformation, constituents, constitution, construction, contents, contents page, contrast, copyright page, cosmetics, costume, crasis, creation, cut, dedication, dharma, diathesis, difference, disguise, disparity, disposition, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilation, dissimilitude, divergence, diversity, drugstore complexion, eccentricity, embodiment, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, errata, ethos, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, fabric, fabrication, face, fashion, fashioning, fiber, figuration, figure, flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, forging, form, format, formation, foundation, foundation cream, frame, front matter, genius, genre, getup, grain, greasepaint, habit, half-title page, hand cream, hand lotion, head, hue, humor, humors, idiosyncrasy, ilk, impression, imprint, inclination, incommensurability, incomparability, incorporation, index, individualism, individuality, inner form, inscription, introduction, junction, kidney, kind, layout, leaf, leaning, lip rouge, lipstick, make, making, manufacture, mascara, matrix, mental set, mere caricature, mettle, mind, mind-set, mixture, modality, mode, model, mold, molding, mudpack, nail polish, nature, nonuniformity, organic structure, organism, organization, page, paint, pattern, patterning, personality, physique, piecing together, plan, poor imitation, powder, powder puff, practical piece, predilection, predisposition, preface, preference, preliminaries, proclivity, production, prop, propensity, property, prototype, puff, putting together, quality, recto, reverso, rouge, running title, set, setup, shape, shaping, signature, significant form, slant, somatotype, sort, spirit, stamp, strain, streak, stripe, structure, structuring, style, subtitle, suchness, syneresis, synthesis, system, table of contents, tail, talcum, talcum powder, tectonics, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, text, texture, theatrical makeup, tissue, title, title page, tone, trim size, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, type page, unlikeness, unresemblance, unsameness, unsimilarity, vanishing cream, vanity case, vein, verso, war paint, warp, warp and woof, way, weave, web

ROGET THESAURUS

makeup

Printing

VB print, compose, put to press, go to press, pass through the press, see through the press, publish, bring out, appear in print, rush into print, distribute, makeup, mortise, offset, overrun, rout.

Ornament

N ornament, floridness c, adj, turgidity, turgescence, altiloquence, declamation, teratology, well-rounded periods, elegance, orotundity, inversion, antithesis, alliteration, paronomasia, figurativeness, flourish, flowers of speech, flowers of rhetoric, frills of style, euphuism, euphemism, big-sounding words, high-sounding words, macrology, sesquipedalia verba, Alexandrine, inflation, pretension, rant, bombast, fustian, prose run mad, fine writing, sesquipedality, Minerva press, phrasemonger, euphuist, euphemist, ornament, beautified, ornate, florid, rich, flowery, euphuistic, euphemistic, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, inflated, swelling, tumid, turgid, turgescent, pedantic, pompous, stilted, orotund, high flown, high flowing, sententious, rhetorical, declamatory, grandiose, grandiloquent, magniloquent, altiloquent, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian, Johnsonian, mouthy, bombastic, fustian, frothy, flashy, flaming, antithetical, alliterative, figurative, artificial, ore rutundo, ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art, ornature, ornateness, adornment, decoration, embellishment, architecture, jewelry, garnish, polish, varnish, French polish, veneer, japanning, lacquer, gilding, plating, ormolu, enamel, cloisonn_e, cosmetics (in general), makeup, eye shadow, rouge, face powder, lipstick, blush, pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting, detail, repousse (convexity), texture, richness, tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion, egg and tongue, egg and dart, astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche, pilaster, bead, beading, champleve ware, cloisonne ware, frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling, embroidery, brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming, hanging, tapestry, arras, millinery, ermine, drap d'or, wreath, festoon, garland, chaplet, flower, nosegay, bouquet, posy, daisies pied and violets blue, tassel knot, shoulder knot, apaulette, epaulet, aigulet, frog, star, rosette, bow, feather, plume, pompom, panache, aigrette, finery, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, spangle, clinquant, pinchbeck, paste, excess of ornament, gaud, pride, illustration, illumination, vignette, fleuron, head piece, tail piece, cul-de-lampe, flowers of rhetoric, work of art, ornamented, beautified, ornate, rich, gilt, begilt, tesselated, festooned, champleve, cloisonne, topiary, smart, gay, trickly, flowery, glittering, new gilt, new spangled, fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a fivepence, fine as a carrot fresh scraped, pranked out, bedight, well-groomed, in full dress, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, dressed to advantage, in Sunday best, en grand tenue, en grande toilette, in best bib and tucker, endimanche, showy, flashy, gaudy, garish, gairish, gorgeous, ornamental, decorative, becoming.