. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See Matt. xxiii.27.
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american white birch
noun small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
Betula papyrifera; canoe birch; Betula cordifolia; paperbark birch; paper birch.
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american white oak
noun large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood
Quercus alba.
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american white pine
noun tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
weymouth pine; American white pine; Pinus strobus.
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andrew d. white
noun United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
Andrew D. White; White.
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andrew dickson white
noun United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
Andrew D. White; White.
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arizona white oak
noun semi-evergreen shrub or small tree of Arizona and New Mexico having acorns with hemispherical cups
Quercus arizonica.
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atlantic white cedar
noun slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
Atlantic white cedar; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; white cedar.
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bacillary white diarrhea
noun a serious bacterial disease of young chickens
bacillary white diarrhea; pullorum disease.
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bacillary white diarrhoea
noun a serious bacterial disease of young chickens
bacillary white diarrhea; pullorum disease.
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Black and white
noun communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
written communication; written language.
noun a black-and-white photograph or slide
monochrome.
adjective not having or not capable of producing colors
black and white.
black-and-white film
a black-and-white TV
the movie was in black and white
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writing or print; as, I must have that statement in black and white.
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black-and-white
adjective lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black
a black-and-white cow
black-and-white blooms
black-and-white stripes
adjective not having or not capable of producing colors
black and white.
black-and-white film
a black-and-white TV
the movie was in black and white
adjective satellite of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
he rejected a black-and-white world
there are no black-and-white certainties
there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white
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blue-white
adjective satellite of white tinged with blue
bluish-white; blue-white.
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bluish-white
adjective satellite of white tinged with blue
bluish-white; blue-white.
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box white oak
noun small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts
post oak; brash oak; iron oak; Quercus stellata.
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Bullhead whiting
(Zoöl.), the kingfish of Florida (Menticirrus alburnus).
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california white fir
noun medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood
Abies concolor; Abies lowiana; California white fir; Colorado fir.
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california white oak
noun tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns
California white oak; Quercus lobata; roble; valley oak.
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chinese white
noun a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide
Chinese white.
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chinese white cabbage
noun Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves
pak choi; bok choy; Brassica rapa chinensis; pakchoi; bok choi.
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coast white cedar
noun slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
Atlantic white cedar; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; white cedar.
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common white dogwood
noun deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries
eastern flowering dogwood; Cornus florida.
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cool-white
adjective satellite of white tinged with blue
bluish-white; blue-white.
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cottony-white
adjective satellite of something as white as cotton
cottony-white clouds
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cream-white
Cream"-white` adjective
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As white as cream.
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creamy-white
adjective satellite having the color of fresh cream
cream-colored; creamy-colored.
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dress whites
noun a dress uniform for formal occasions
dress blues.
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dull-white
adjective satellite of a dull shade of white
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dwarf-white trillium
noun a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States
snow trillium; early wake-robin.
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e. b. white
noun United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
White; E. B. White.
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eastern white pine
noun tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
weymouth pine; American white pine; Pinus strobus.
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edward d. white
noun United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
Edward Douglas White Jr.; White; Edward D. White.
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edward douglas white jr.
noun United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
Edward Douglas White Jr.; White; Edward D. White.
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edward white
noun United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
Edward Douglas White Jr.; White; Edward D. White.
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egg white
noun the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
white; ovalbumin; albumen.
she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs
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elwyn brooks white
noun United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
White; E. B. White.
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european white birch
noun European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
common birch; silver birch; Betula pendula.
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european white lily
noun a water lily with white flowers
Nymphaea alba.
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Flake white
. (Paint.)(a) The purest white lead, in the form of flakes or scales. (b) The trisnitrate of bismuth. Ure.
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Flake white, Paris white, etc.
See under Flack, Paris, etc.
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flat-topped white aster
noun a variety of aster
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gray-white
adjective satellite of white tinged with grey
gray-white; grayish-white; grey-white.
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grayish-white
adjective satellite of white tinged with grey
gray-white; grayish-white; grey-white.
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great white heron
noun a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus
American egret; Egretta albus.
noun widely distributed Old World white egret
Casmerodius albus.
noun large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys
Ardea occidentalis.
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great white hope
noun someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field
great white hope.
this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry's waste management policy
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great white shark
noun large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
man-eating shark; great white shark; Carcharodon carcharias; man-eater.
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great white way
noun a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
Broadway.
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green-white
adjective satellite of white flowers tinged with green
green-white.
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greenish-white
adjective satellite of white flowers tinged with green
green-white.
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grey-white
adjective satellite of white tinged with grey
gray-white; grayish-white; grey-white.
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greyish-white
adjective satellite of white tinged with grey
gray-white; grayish-white; grey-white.
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Indigo white
a white crystalline powder obtained by reduction from indigo blue, and by oxidation easily changed back to it; called also indigogen.
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king whiting
noun whiting of the southeastern coast of North America
Menticirrhus americanus.
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Lake whiting
(Zoöl.), an American whitefish (Coregonus Labradoricus), found in many lakes in the Northern United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common whitefish.
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large white
noun Old World form of cabbage butterfly
Pieris brassicae.
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large white petunia
noun annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers
Petunia axillaris.
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lily-white
adjective satellite restricted to whites only
white.
under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains
a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization
adjective satellite of a pure white color
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lowland white fir
noun lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves
giant fir; Abies grandis; lowland fir; grand fir.
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milk-white
adjective satellite of a white the color of fresh milk
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narrow-leaved white-topped aster
noun a variety of white-topped aster
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new zealand white pine
noun New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
kahikatea; New Zealand Dacryberry; Podocarpus dacrydioides; Dacrycarpus dacrydioides.
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non-white
adjective satellite having skin rich in melanin pigments
dark; dark-skinned; colored; coloured.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
dark-skinned peoples
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northern white cedar
noun small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
northern white cedar; Thuja occidentalis; American arborvitae.
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northern whiting
noun whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting
Menticirrhus saxatilis.
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off-white
noun a shade of white the color of bleached bones
pearl; ivory; bone.
adjective satellite of something having a color tending toward white
whitish.
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old world white pelican
noun similar to American white pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus.
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oregon white oak
noun small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark
Quercus garryana; Oregon oak; Garry oak.
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paper white
noun a daffodil having star-shaped white blossoms; often grown indoors to bloom in the winter
Narcissus papyraceus.
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Paris white
(Chem.), purified chalk used as a pigment; whiting; Spanish white.
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patrick victor martindale white
noun Australian writer (1912-1990)
White; Patrick Victor Martindale White.
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patrick white
noun Australian writer (1912-1990)
White; Patrick Victor Martindale White.
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Pearl white
. (a) Basic bismuth nitrate, or bismuth subchloride; used chiefly as a cosmetic . (b) A variety of white lead blued with indigo or Berlin blue. cultured pearl a pearl grown by a pearl oyster into which a round pellet has been placed, to serve as the seed for more predictable growth of the pearl. The pellet is usually made from mother-of-pearl, and additional layers of nacre are deposited onto the seed by the oyster. Such pearls, being more easily obtained than natural pearls, are less expensive.
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pearly-white
adjective satellite of a white the color of pearls
pearly.
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Permanent white
(Chem.), barium sulphate (heavy spar), used as a white pigment or paint, in distinction from white lead, which tarnishes and darkens from the formation of the sulphide.
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pink-and-white everlasting
noun flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for drying
Acroclinium roseum; pink paper daisy.
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pinkish-white
adjective satellite of white tinged with pink
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poor white trash
noun (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
poor white trash.
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prairie white-fringed orchid
noun of central North America; a threatened species
Platanthera leucophea.
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prairie white-fringed orchis
noun orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers
Habenaria leucophaea; prairie orchid.
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purple-white
adjective satellite of white tinged with purple
purple-white.
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purplish-white
adjective satellite of white tinged with purple
purple-white.
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schwann's white substance
Schwann's white" sub"stance
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(Anat.)The substance of the medullary sheath.
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Silver whiting
noun a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States
Menticirrhus littoralis.
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(Zoöl.), a marine sciænoid food fish (Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United States; called also surf whiting.
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silver-white
adjective satellite of a white that resembles silver
silver-white.
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silvery-white
adjective satellite of a white that resembles silver
silver-white.
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small white
noun small widely distributed form
Pieris rapae.
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small white aster
noun a variety of aster
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snow-white
adjective satellite of the white color of snow
snowy.
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Snow"-white` adjective
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White as snow; very white. "Snow-white and rose-red"
Chaucer.
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southern white cedar
noun slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
Atlantic white cedar; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; white cedar.
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southwestern white pine
noun medium-size pine of northwestern Mexico; bark is dark brown and furrowed when mature
Pinus strobiformis.
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Spanish white
an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by pulverizing and repeated washings, used as a white pigment.
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stanford white
noun United States architect (1853-1906)
White.
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Surf whiting
. (Zoöl.) See under Whiting.
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swamp white oak
noun large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil
Quercus bicolor; swamp oak.
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sweet white violet
noun short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers
Viola blanda; sweet white violet; white violet.
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t. h. white
noun United States political journalist (1915-1986)
White; T. H. White.
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tall white violet
noun tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
Canada violet; tall white violet; Viola canadensis.
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The White House
. See under House.
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theodore harold white
noun United States political journalist (1915-1986)
White; T. H. White.
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To hang out the white flag
to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag.
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To show the white feather
to betray cowardice, a white feather in the tail of a cock being considered an indication that he is not of the true game breed.
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upland white aster
noun tufted rigid North American perennial with loose clusters of white flowers
Aster ptarmicoides.
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valley white oak
noun tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns
California white oak; Quercus lobata; roble; valley oak.
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Visual white
(Physiol.), the final product in the action of light on visual purple. It is reconverted into visual purple by the regenerating action of the choroidal epithelium.
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water-white
Wa"ter-white` noun
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(Bot.)A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribæa) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.
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west highland white terrier
noun small white long-coated terrier developed in Scotland
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western white pine
noun tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
Pinus monticola; silver pine; mountain pine.
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white admiral
noun North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band
Limenitis arthemis; banded purple.
noun Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings
Limenitis camilla.
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White alder
noun tree of western United States
mountain alder; Alnus rhombifolia.
noun shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers
sweet pepperbush; Clethra alnifolia; summer sweet; pepper bush.
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. (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under Pepper.
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white anglo-saxon protestant
noun a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
WASP.
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White ant
noun whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood
termite.
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(Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of social pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form large and complex communities consisting of numerous asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens (or fertile females) often having the body enormously distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous winged males, together with the larvæ and pupæ of each kind in various stages of development. Many of the species construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the form of domelike structures rising several feet above the ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable substances of various kinds, including timber, and are often very destructive to buildings and furniture.
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White arsenic
noun a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
arsenous oxide; arsenous anhydride; arsenic; ratsbane; arsenic trioxide.
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(Chem.), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a deadly poison.
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white ash
noun small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips
snow gum; ghost gum; Eucalyptus coriacea; Eucalyptus pauciflora.
noun spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood
Fraxinus Americana.
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white aspen
noun a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
aspen poplar; silver-leaved poplar; white aspen; Populus alba; abele.
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white avens
noun avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers
Geum virginianum; bennet.
noun North American white-flowered avens
bennet; Geum canadense.
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white backlash
noun backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances
whitelash.
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white baneberry
noun North American herb with white poisonous berries
white bead; white baneberry; Actaea alba; doll's eyes.
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White bass
(Zoöl.), a fresh-water North American bass (Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.
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white basswood
noun American basswood of the Allegheny region
cottonwood; Tilia heterophylla.
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white bead
noun North American herb with white poisonous berries
white bead; white baneberry; Actaea alba; doll's eyes.
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white bean
noun white-seeded bean; usually dried
navy bean; pea bean.
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White bear
(Zoöl.), the polar bear. See under Polar.
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white bedstraw
noun Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
Galium mollugo; wild madder; false baby's breath; white bedstraw; infant's-breath.
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white beech
noun North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
red beech; Fagus grandifolia; Fagus americana; American beech.
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white beer
noun a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent
wheat beer; Weissbier.
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white birch
noun European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches
downy birch; Betula pubescens.
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White blood cell
noun blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
white blood corpuscle; leukocyte; white blood cell; white cell; WBC; leucocyte.
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. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
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white blood corpuscle
noun blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
white blood corpuscle; leukocyte; white blood cell; white cell; WBC; leucocyte.
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white book
noun a government report; bound in white
white book.
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White brand
(Zoöl.), the snow goose.
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White brass
a white alloy of copper; white copper.
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white bread
noun bread made with finely ground and usually bleached wheat flour
light bread.
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white broom
noun low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers
Cytisus multiflorus; Cytisus albus; white broom.
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white bryony
noun white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran
devil's turnip; Bryonia alba.
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white burgundy
noun dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it
Chablis.
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white cake
noun cake made without egg yolks
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white camas
noun plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple; poisonous especially to grazing animals
Zigadenus glaucus.
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White campion
noun bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
evening lychnis; Lychnis alba; bladder campion; white campion; Silene latifolia.
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. (Bot.)(a) A kind of catchfly (Silene stellata) with white flowers. (b) A white-flowered Lychnis (Lychnis vespertina).
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White canon
(R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.
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White caps
the members of a secret organization in various of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked in white.
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White cedar
noun small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
northern white cedar; Thuja occidentalis; American arborvitae.
noun slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
Atlantic white cedar; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; white cedar.
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(Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America (Thuja occidentalis), also the related Cupressus thyoides, or Chamæcyparis sphæroidea, a slender evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much valued for their durable timber. In California the name is given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which is also useful, though often subject to dry rot. Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a lofty tree (Icica, ∨ Bursera, altissima) whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as it is not attacked by insect.
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White cell
noun blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
white blood corpuscle; leukocyte; white blood cell; white cell; WBC; leucocyte.
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. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
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White cell-blood
(Med.), leucocythæmia.
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white chocolate
noun a blend of cocoa butter and milk solids and sugar and vanilla; used in candy bars and baking and coatings; not technically chocolate because it contains no chocolate liquor
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white cinnamon
noun highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic
canella bark; canella.
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white cinnamon tree
noun large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes
Canella-alba; Canella winterana; wild cinnamon.
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White clover
noun creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
shamrock; dutch clover; Trifolium repens.
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(Bot.), a species of small perennial clover bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also under Clover.
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white cockle
noun bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
evening lychnis; Lychnis alba; bladder campion; white campion; Silene latifolia.
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white cohosh
noun North American herb with white poisonous berries
white bead; white baneberry; Actaea alba; doll's eyes.
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White copper
a whitish alloy of copper. See German silver, under German.
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White copperas
(Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron; coquimbite.
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White coral
(Zoöl.), an ornamental branched coral (Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.
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White corpuscle
noun blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
white blood corpuscle; leukocyte; white blood cell; white cell; WBC; leucocyte.
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. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
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white crappie
noun a crappie that is white
Pomoxis annularis.
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White cricket
(Zoöl.), the tree cricket.
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white croaker
noun silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters
Seriphus politus; queenfish.
noun small silvery marine food fish found off California
chenfish; Genyonemus lineatus; kingfish.
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White crop
a crop of grain which loses its green color, or becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.
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White currant
noun garden currant bearing small white berries
Ribes sativum.
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(Bot.), a variety of the common red currant, having white berries.
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white cypress
noun slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
Atlantic white cedar; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; white cedar.
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white cypress pine
noun small tree or shrub of southern Australia
Callitris glauca; Callitris glaucophylla.
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White daisy
noun tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
moon daisy; ox-eyed daisy; oxeye daisy; Chrysanthemum leucanthemum; Leucanthemum vulgare; marguerite.
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(Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
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White damp
a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal mines. Raymond.
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white dead nettle
noun European dead nettle with white flowers
Lamium album.
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white dipladenia
noun shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats
Mandevilla boliviensis; Dipladenia boliviensis.
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white dog's-tooth violet
noun North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors
blonde lilian; Erythronium albidum; white dog's-tooth violet.
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white dogtooth violet
noun North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors
blonde lilian; Erythronium albidum; white dog's-tooth violet.
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white dwarf
noun a faint star of enormous density
white dwarf.
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white dwarf star
noun a faint star of enormous density
white dwarf.
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White elephant
noun a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive
noun albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia
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(Zoöl.), a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant. (b) Fig. an object of little value; esp. a property requiring expensive upkeep but of little value to the owner, and often one which is difficult to sell.
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White elm
noun large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America
rock elm; Ulmus americana; American elm; water elm.
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(Bot.), a majestic tree of North America (Ulmus Americana), the timber of which is much used for hubs of wheels, and for other purposes.
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White ensign
. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.
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white fairy lantern
noun globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
Calochortus albus; white fairy lantern.
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white false indigo
noun erect or spreading herb having racemes of creamy white flowers; the eastern United States
Baptisia lactea.
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White feather
noun a symbol of cowardice
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a mark or symbol of cowardice. See To show the white feather, under Feather, n.
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white feldspar
noun a widely distributed feldspar that forms rocks
albite.
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White fir
noun medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood
Abies concolor; Abies lowiana; California white fir; Colorado fir.
noun medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
red silver fir; Abies amabilis; amabilis fir; Pacific silver fir; Christmas tree.
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(Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and A. concolor.
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white flag
noun flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce
flag of truce.
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White flesher
(Zoöl.), the ruffed grouse. See under Ruffed. Canada
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white fox
noun thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter
Alopex lagopus; Arctic fox.
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white friar
noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
Carmelite.
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(Eccl.)A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.
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white fringed orchid
noun bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers
white fringed orchid; Habenaria albiflora.
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white fringed orchis
noun bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers
white fringed orchid; Habenaria albiflora.
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white fritillary
noun California herb with white conic or bell-shaped flowers usually tinged with green
Fritillaria liliaceae.
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White frost
. See Hoarfrost.
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white fungus
noun a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)
Saprolegnia ferax.
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White game
(Zoöl.), the white ptarmigan.
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White garnet
(Min.), leucite.
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white globe lily
noun globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
Calochortus albus; white fairy lantern.
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white gold
noun a pale alloy of gold usually with platinum or nickel or palladium
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white goods
noun large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel
noun drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth
household linen.
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White grass
(Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica) with greenish-white paleæ.
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White grouse
. (Zoöl.)(a) The white ptarmigan. (b) The prairie chicken. Local, U. S.
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White grub
(Zoöl.), the larva of the June bug and other allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and other plants, and often do much damage.
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White hake
(Zoöl.), the squirrel hake. See under Squirrel.
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White hawk, ∨ kite
(Zoöl.), the hen harrier.
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White heat
noun the hotness of something heated until it turns white
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the temperature at which bodies become incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which they emit.
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white heather
noun heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers
Cassiope mertensiana.
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White hellebore
noun North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
Indian poke; American hellebore; Veratrum viride; bugbane.
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(Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum (V. album) See Hellebore, 2.
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White herring
a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. R. Shak.
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white honeysuckle
noun bushy honeysuckle with twining branches and white or yellow-white flowers; southern United States
Lonicera albiflora.
noun shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle
Rhododendron viscosum; swamp honeysuckle; swamp azalea.
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White hoolet
(Zoöl.), the barn owl. Prov. Eng.
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white hope
noun someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field
great white hope.
this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry's waste management policy
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white horehound
noun European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract use medicinally and as flavoring
common horehound; Marrubium vulgare.
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white horse
noun a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white
whitecap; white horse.
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white horse nettle
noun weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
silver-leaved nettle; silver-leaved nightshade; trompillo; prairie berry; purple nightshade; silverleaf nightshade; Solanum elaeagnifolium.
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White horses
noun a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white
whitecap; white horse.
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(Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
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white house
noun the chief executive department of the United States government
EXEC.
noun the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States
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White ibis
(Zoöl.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.
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White iron
. (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron. (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large proportion of combined carbon.
. See Cast iron (above).
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White iron pyrites
(Min.), marcasite.
orthorhombic iron disulphide; marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites, etc.
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white knight
noun a company that is a friendly acquirer in a takeover
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White land
a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry, but blackish after rain. Eng.
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White lark
(Zoöl.), the snow bunting.
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White lead
noun a poisonous white pigment that contains lead
lead carbonate; ceruse.
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. (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for other purposes; ceruse. (b)(Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of white paint.
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white lead ore
noun a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead
cerussite.
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White leather
noun a leather that has been treated with alum and/or salt
whit leather.
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buff leather; leather tanned with alum and salt.
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White leg
noun painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth
milk leg; phlegmasia alba dolens.
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(Med.), milk leg. See under Milk.
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White lettuce
noun herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
cankerweed; Nabalus alba; Prenanthes alba.
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(Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under Rattlesnake.
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White lie
noun an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)
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. See under Lie.
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White light
. (a)(Physics) Light having the different colors in the same proportion as in the light coming directly from the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1. (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white illumination for signals, etc.
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white lily
noun lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers
Madonna lily; Lent lily; Lilium candidum; Annunciation lily.
noun white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
lotus; Nymphaea lotus; Egyptian water lily; white lily.
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White lime
a solution or preparation of lime for whitewashing; whitewash.
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White line
noun a white stripe in the middle of a road to mark traffic lanes
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(Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line, on a printed page; a blank line.
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white lotus
noun white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
lotus; Nymphaea lotus; Egyptian water lily; white lily.
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white lung
noun acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen; occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc.
adult respiratory distress syndrome; ARDS; wet lung.
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white lupine
noun white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control
wolf bean; Egyptian lupine; field lupine; Lupinus albus.
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white madder
noun Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
Galium mollugo; wild madder; false baby's breath; white bedstraw; infant's-breath.
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white magic
noun magic used only for good purposes
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white maire
noun small New Zealand tree having red pulpy one-seeded fruit
Olea lanceolata.
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white mallee
noun small shrubby mallee
Eucalyptus dumosa; congoo mallee.
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white mallow
noun European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers
marsh mallow; Althea officinalis.
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white man
noun a man who is White
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white man's burden
noun the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects
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white mangrove
noun a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific
Avicennia officinalis.
noun shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin
Laguncularia racemosa.
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white marlin
noun small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic
Makaira albida.
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white matsutake
noun a large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages; gills are white; odor is spicy and aromatic; collected commercially for oriental cooking the Pacific Northwest
Armillaria ponderosa.
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white matter
noun whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
substantia alba.
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White meat
noun meat carved from the breast of a fowl
breast.
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. (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry. (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
Driving their cattle continually with them, and feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
Spenser.
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white melilot
noun biennial plant; valuable honey plant
Melilotus alba; white melilot.
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White merganser
(Zoöl.), the smew.
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White metal
noun an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings
bearing metal.
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. (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia, etc. (b)(Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a certain stage in copper smelting.
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white milkweed
noun tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States
Asclepias albicans.
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White miller
. (Zoöl.)(a) The common clothes moth. (b) A common American bombycid moth (Spilosoma Virginica) which is pure white with a few small black spots; called also ermine moth, and virgin moth. See Woolly bear, under Woolly.
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White money
silver money.
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white mountain ash
noun large tree with dark compact bark on lower trunk but smooth and white above; yields lumber similar to that of European or American ashes
Eucalyptus fraxinoides.
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White mouse
(Zoöl.), the albino variety of the common mouse.
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white mulberry
noun Asiatic mulberry with white to pale red fruit; leaves used to feed silkworms
Morus alba.
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white mullein
noun densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America
Verbascum lychnitis.
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White mullet
noun silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts
Mugil curema.
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(Zoöl.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema) ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; called also blue-back mullet, and liza.
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white mustard
noun Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil
Sinapis alba; Brassica hirta.
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white nile
noun a headstream of the Nile; joins the Blue Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile
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white noise
noun a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration
white noise is a good masking agent
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White nun
(Zoöl.), the smew; so called from the white crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its head, which give the appearance of a hood.
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White oak
noun any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf
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. (Bot.) See under Oak.
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White of a seed
(Bot.), the albumen. See Albumen, 2.
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White of egg
the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar, with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60° C. it coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it contains. Parr.
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White of the eye
(Anat.), the white part of the ball of the eye surrounding the transparent cornea.
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white onion sauce
noun veloute sauce with sauteed chopped onions and whipping cream
Soubise.
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white out
verb cover up with a liquid correction fluid
whiteout.
white-out the typo
verb widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads
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White owl
. (Zoöl.)(a) The snowy owl. (b) The barn owl.
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white pages
noun a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on white paper) where the names of people are listed alphabetically along with their telephone numbers
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white paper
noun a government report; bound in white
white book.
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White partridge
(Zoöl.), the white ptarmigan.
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white pelican
noun large American pelican; white with black wing feathers
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos.
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white people
noun a light-skinned race
Caucasoid race; White people; Caucasian race.
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white pepper
noun climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
pepper; common pepper; Piper nigrum; black pepper; Madagascar pepper.
noun pepper ground from husked peppercorns
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White perch
noun small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams
Morone americana; silver perch.
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. (Zoöl.)(a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana) valued as a food fish. (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum. (c) Any California surf fish.
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white person
noun a member of the Caucasoid race
White; Caucasian.
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White pine
noun any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine
noun soft white wood of white pine trees
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. (Bot.) See the Note under Pine.
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white pine blister rust
noun any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally
blister rust; white pine blister rust.
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white plague
noun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
phthisis; consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis; wasting disease.
noun an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)
drug addiction.
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white popinac
noun low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
lead tree; Leucaena leucocephala; Leucaena glauca.
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White poplar
noun a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
aspen poplar; silver-leaved poplar; white aspen; Populus alba; abele.
noun light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
true tulipwood; whitewood; tulipwood; yellow poplar.
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(Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
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White poppy
(Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.
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white potato
noun annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
Solanum tuberosum; white potato; potato.
noun an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
potato; spud; murphy; Irish potato; tater.
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white potato vine
noun annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
Solanum tuberosum; white potato; potato.
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White powder
a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise. Obs.
A pistol charged with white powder.
Beau. & Fl.
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white pox
noun a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
milk pox; pseudovariola; West Indian smallpox; Kaffir pox; pseudosmallpox; variola minor; Cuban itch; alastrim.
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white prairie aster
noun perennial of western North America having white flowers
Aster falcatus.
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White precipitate
. (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.
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White rabbit
. (Zoöl.)(a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage. (b) An albino rabbit.
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white race
noun a light-skinned race
Caucasoid race; White people; Caucasian race.
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White rent
(a)(Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3. (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of Cornwall, as lord of the soil. Prov. Eng.
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White rhinoceros
noun large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros
Ceratotherium simum; Diceros simus.
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. (Zoöl.)(a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Indicus). See Rhinoceros. (b) The umhofo.
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White ribbon
the distinctive badge of certain organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
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white rice
noun having husk or outer brown layers removed
polished rice.
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white river
noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
White.
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white rocket
noun from Mediterranean region; a naturalized weed throughout southern Europe
Diplotaxis erucoides.
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white room
noun a room that is virtually free of dust or bacteria; used in laboratory work and in assembly or repair of precision equipment
clean room.
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White rope
(Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
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White rot
. (Bot.)(a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease called rot in sheep. (b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.
(Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniothyrium diplodiella. F. L. Scribner.
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white russia
noun a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet
Belarus; Byelarus; Republic of Belarus; Belorussia; Byelorussia.
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white russian
noun a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
Byelorussian; Belorussian.
noun a cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur, and milk or cream
noun the Slavic language spoken in Belarus
Byelorussian; Belarusian.
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white rust
noun fungus causing a disease characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia
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White sage
noun perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
Artemisia ludoviciana; western mugwort; prairie sage; cudweed; Artemisia gnaphalodes.
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(Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub (Eurotia lanata) of Western North America; called also winter fat.
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white sale
noun a sale of household linens
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White salmon
(Zoöl.), the silver salmon.
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White salt
salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
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white sanicle
noun American herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads; reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
white sanicle; Eupatorium rugosum; Ageratina altissima.
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white sauce
noun milk thickened with a butter and flour roux
bechamel sauce; bechamel.
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White scale
(Zoöl.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii) injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under Orange.
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white sea
noun a large inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwestern part of European Russia
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white seabass
noun a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats
Lates calcarifer; giant seaperch; Asian seabass; barramundi; giant perch.
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white separatism
noun a social system in which white people live separately from members of other races
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white separatist
noun someone who advocates a society in which white people live separately from members of other races
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White shark
noun large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
man-eating shark; great white shark; Carcharodon carcharias; man-eater.
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(Zoöl.), a species of man-eating shark. See under Shark.
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white sheep
noun large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska
Ovis montana dalli; Dall's sheep; Dall sheep.
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white silk-cotton tree
noun massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
Ceiba pentandra; God tree; Bombay ceiba; kapok; silk-cotton tree; ceiba tree.
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white slave
noun a woman sold into prostitution
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white slaver
noun a person who forces women to become prostitutes
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white slime mushroom
noun a type of slime mushroom
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white snakeroot
noun American herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads; reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
white sanicle; Eupatorium rugosum; Ageratina altissima.
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white snapdragon
noun California plant with slender racemes of white flowers
Antirrhinum coulterianum.
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White softening
. (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under Softening.
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white spanish broom
noun low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers
Cytisus multiflorus; Cytisus albus; white broom.
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White spruce
noun medium-sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue-green leaves and slender cones
Picea glauca.
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. (Bot.) See Spruce, n., 1.
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White squall
(Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on the surface of the sea.
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white squire
noun a white knight that buys less than a majority interest
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White staff
the badge of the lord high treasurer of England. Macaulay.
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White stork
noun the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill
Ciconia ciconia.
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(Zoöl.), the common European stork.
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white stringybark
noun stringybark having white wood
Eucalyptusd eugenioides; thin-leaved stringybark.
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White sturgeon
noun valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
hausen; beluga; Acipenser huso.
noun food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America
Sacramento sturgeon; Pacific sturgeon; Acipenser transmontanus.
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. (Zoöl.) See Shovelnose(d).
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White sucker
. (Zoöl.)(a) The common sucker. (b) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum).
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white supremacist
noun a person who believes that the white race is or should be supreme
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white supremacy
noun the prejudice that members of the white race are superior to members of other races
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white sweet clover
noun biennial plant; valuable honey plant
Melilotus alba; white melilot.
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White swelling
(Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee, produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; applied also to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
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white tai
noun a branch of the Tai languages
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white tail
noun common North American deer; tail has a white underside
Odocoileus Virginianus; white tail; whitetail; Virginia deer; whitetail deer.
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white thistle
noun any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America
prickly poppy; devil's fig; argemone.
noun spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico
Atriplex lentiformis; quail brush; quail bush.
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white tie
noun bow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress
noun formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
white tie; tailcoat; tails; tail coat; full dress; dress suit.
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white tie and tails
noun formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
white tie; tailcoat; tails; tail coat; full dress; dress suit.
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white titi
noun shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage
Cyrilla racemiflora; cyrilla; leatherwood.
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White tombac
. See Tombac.
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white trash
noun (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
poor white trash.
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White trout
(Zoöl.), the white weakfish, or silver squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United States.
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white trumpet lily
noun tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring
Lilium longiflorum; Easter lily; Bermuda lily.
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white turnip
noun widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
Brassica rapa; turnip.
noun white root of a turnip plant
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white violet
noun short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers
Viola blanda; sweet white violet; white violet.
noun tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
Canada violet; tall white violet; Viola canadensis.
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White vitriol
noun a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc
zinc sulfate; zinc sulphate; zinc vitriol.
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(Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See White vitriol, under Vitriol.
zinc sulphate, a white crystalline substance used in medicine and in dyeing. It is usually obtained by dissolving zinc in sulphuric acid, or by roasting and oxidizing certain zinc ores. Formerly called also vitriol of zinc.
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White wagtail
(Zoöl.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
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white walnut
noun North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
butternut tree; Juglans cinerea; butternut.
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white water
noun frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls
whitewater.
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White wax
beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
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white wax tree
noun erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet
Ligustrum lucidum; Chinese privet.
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White whale
noun small northern whale that is white when adult
beluga; Delphinapterus leucas.
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(Zoöl.), the beluga.
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White widgeon
(Zoöl.), the smew.
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white willow
noun large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark
Huntingdon willow; Salix alba.
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White wine
noun pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation
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. any wine of a clear, transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." Chaucer.
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White witch
a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent purposes. Addison.Cotton Mather.
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White wolf
noun wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail
Arctic wolf; Canis lupus tundrarum.
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. (Zoöl.)(a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of Thibet; called also chanco, golden wolf, and Thibetan wolf. (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
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white woman
noun a woman who is White
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white wood aster
noun rhizomatous perennial wood aster of eastern North America with white flowers
Aster divaricatus.
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White wren
(Zoöl.), the willow warbler; so called from the color of the under parts.
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white yam
noun grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
water yam; Dioscorea alata.
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white zinnia
noun subshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white rays; southern United States and northern Mexico
Zinnia acerosa.
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white-alder family
noun coextensive with the genus Clethra
family Clethraceae; Clethraceae.
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white-bellied swallow
noun bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities
Iridoprocne bicolor; tree swallow.
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white-berry yew
noun yew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berries
Pseudotaxus chienii.
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white-blaze
White"-blaze` noun
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See White-face.
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white-blotched
adjective satellite having blotches of white
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white-bread
adjective satellite of or belonging to or representative of the white middle class
white-bread America
a white-bread college student
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white-breasted nuthatch
noun bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America
Sitta carolinensis.
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white-chinned petrel
noun large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin
Procellaria aequinoctialis.
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white-coat hypertension
noun temporary rise in blood pressure in the doctor's office
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white-collar
adjective of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers
the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper
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white-crowned sparrow
noun finch with black-and-white striped crown
Zonotrichia leucophrys.
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white-ear
White"-ear` noun
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(Zoöl.)The wheatear.
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white-edged
adjective satellite having a white border
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white-eye
White"-eye` noun
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(Zoöl.)Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. c&oe;rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit.
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white-face
White"-face` noun
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A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.
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white-faced hornet
noun North American hornet
bald-faced hornet; Vespula maculata.
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white-flowered
adjective satellite (of plants) having white flowers
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white-foot
White"-foot` noun
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(Far.)A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.
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white-footed mouse
noun American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts
Peromyscus leucopus; vesper mouse.
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white-fronted
White`-front"ed adjective
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Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur.
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white-haired
adjective satellite showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
gray-headed; gray; grey-haired; grey-headed; hoary; grizzly; grey; hoar; gray-haired.
noun stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus.
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white-heart
White"-heart` noun
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(Bot.)A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
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white-heart hickory
noun smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
black hickory; Carya tomentosa; big-bud hickory; mockernut; mockernut hickory.
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white-hot
adjective satellite intensely zealous or fervid
fierce white-hot loyalty
adjective satellite glowing white with heat
white.
white flames
a white-hot center of the fire
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White"-hot` adjective
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White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence.
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white-leaved rockrose
noun compact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowers
Cistus albidus.
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white-limed
White"-limed` adjective
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Whitewashed or plastered with lime. "White-limed walls."
Shak.
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white-lipped
adjective satellite having white lips from fear or terror
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white-lipped peccary
noun blackish peccary with whitish cheeks; larger than the collared peccary
Tayassu pecari.
Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.
They must not be milksops, nor white-livered knights.
Latimer.
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white-man's foot
noun common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed
whiteman's foot; Plantago major; cart-track plant; common plantain; broad-leaved plantain.
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white-out
verb lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain
whiteout.
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white-pine rust
noun any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally
blister rust; white pine blister rust.
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white-pink
adjective satellite of pink tinged with white; a light tint of pink
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white-pot
White"-pot` noun
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A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot.King.
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white-rayed mule's ears
noun herb with basal leaves and leafy hairy stems bearing solitary flower heads with white or pale cream-colored rays; northwestern United States
Wyethia helianthoides.
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white-ribbed
adjective satellite having white ribs
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white-rumped shrike
noun a butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underparts
Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides.
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white-seeded
adjective satellite having white seeds
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white-shoe
adjective satellite denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative
the politician tried to hide his white-shoe background
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white-stemmed filaree
noun low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria
Erodium moschatum; muskus grass; musk clover.
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white-streaked
adjective satellite having white streaks
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white-tailed deer
noun common North American deer; tail has a white underside
Odocoileus Virginianus; white tail; whitetail; Virginia deer; whitetail deer.
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white-tailed jackrabbit
noun largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States; brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter; tail nearly always all white
Lepus townsendi; whitetail jackrabbit.
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white-tailed kite
noun grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions
Elanus leucurus.
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white-tailed sea eagle
noun bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland
erne; grey sea eagle; Haliatus albicilla; gray sea eagle; European sea eagle; ern.
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white-throated sparrow
noun common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown
whitethroat; Zonotrichia albicollis.
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white-tie
adjective satellite requiring white ties and tailcoats for men
a white-tie occasion
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white-tipped shark
noun large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark
Carcharinus longimanus; whitetip shark; oceanic whitetip shark.
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white-topped aster
noun herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits
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white-water
White"-wa`ter noun
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(Far.)A dangerous disease of sheep.
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whited sepulcher
noun a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
whited sepulcher.
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whited sepulchre
noun a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
whited sepulcher.
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whiting-mop
Whit"ing-mop` noun
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Obs.
(Zoöl.)A young whiting. Prov. Eng.
A fair lass. "This pretty whiting-mop."
Massinger.
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woodland white violet
noun short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers
Viola blanda; sweet white violet; white violet.
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yellow-white
adjective satellite of a white tinged with yellow
yellow-white.
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yellowish-white
adjective satellite of a white tinged with yellow
yellow-white.
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yukon white birch
noun Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark
Betula neoalaskana.
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Zinc white
noun a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide
Chinese white.
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a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used as a pigment.