cos·met·ic 
(kŏz-mĕtĭk)
(kŏz-mĕtĭk)n.
1. A preparation, such as powder or a skin cream, designed to beautify the body by direct application.
2. Something superficial that is used to cover a deficiency or defect.
adj.
1. Serving to beautify the body, especially the face and hair.
2. Serving to modify or improve the appearance of a bodily feature, defect, or irregularity: cosmetic therapy.
3.
a. Decorative rather than functional: cosmetic fenders on cars.
b. Lacking depth or significance; superficial: made a few cosmetic changes when she took over the company.
[French cosmétique, from Greek kosmētikos, skilled in arranging, from kosmētos, well-ordered, from kosmein, to arrange, from kosmos, order.]
cos·meti·cal·ly adv.
- intermountain
- in terms of
- intern
- internal
- internal-combustion engine
- internal ear
- internal energy
- internality
- internalization
- internalize
- internalizer
- internally
- internal medicine
- internal phase
- internal respiration
- internal rhyme
- internal secretion
- international
- international candle
- International Date Line
- internationalism
- internationalist
- internationality
- internationalization
- internationalize