makeup

make·up or make-up  (mkp)

n.

1. The way in which something is composed or arranged; composition or construction.

2. Printing The arrangement or composition, as of type or illustrations, on a page or in a book.

3. The qualities or temperament that constitute a personality; disposition: Lying is not in her makeup.

4. Cosmetics applied especially to the face.

5. Materials, such as cosmetics and costumes, that an actor or actress uses in portraying a role.

6. A special examination for a student who has been absent from or has failed a previous examination.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	makeup - cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance make-up, war paint blackface - the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro cosmetic - a toiletry designed to beautify the body eyebrow pencil - makeup provided by a cosmetic pencil that is used to darken the eyebrows eyeliner - makeup applied to emphasize the shape of the eyes eyeshadow - makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes face powder - cosmetic powder for the face greasepaint - a greasy substance used as makeup by actors kohl - a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids lip-gloss - makeup that makes the lips shiny lip rouge, lipstick - makeup that is used to color the lips mascara - makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes rouge, blusher, paint - makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
	2.	makeup - 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" make-up event - something that happens at a given place and time
	3.	makeup - the way in which someone or something is composed physical composition, make-up, composition, constitution property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" structure - the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule" phenotype - what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment genetic constitution, genotype - the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism texture, grain - the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain" karyotype - the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes)