white : Idioms & Phrases

• . Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See Matt. xxiii.27.

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• noun semi-evergreen shrub or small tree of Arizona and New Mexico having acorns with hemispherical cups
  Quercus arizonica.
  

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• 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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• noun a serious bacterial disease of young chickens
  bacillary white diarrhea; pullorum disease.
  

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• noun a serious bacterial disease of young chickens
  bacillary white diarrhea; pullorum disease.
  

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• 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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• 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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• adjective satellite of white tinged with blue
  bluish-white; blue-white.
  

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• adjective satellite of white tinged with blue
  bluish-white; blue-white.
  

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• 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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• (Zoöl.), the kingfish of Florida (Menticirrus alburnus).

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• 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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• 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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• noun a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide
  Chinese white.
  

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• adjective satellite of white tinged with blue
  bluish-white; blue-white.
  

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• adjective satellite of something as white as cotton
  
  • cottony-white clouds

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Cream"-white` adjective

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1. As white as cream.

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• adjective satellite having the color of fresh cream
  cream-colored; creamy-colored.
  

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• noun a dress uniform for formal occasions
  dress blues.
  

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• adjective satellite of a dull shade of white
  

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• noun a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States
  snow trillium; early wake-robin.
  

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• noun United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
  White; E. B. White.
  

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• noun United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
  White; E. B. White.
  

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• noun European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
  common birch; silver birch; Betula pendula.
  

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• noun a water lily with white flowers
  Nymphaea alba.
  

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• . (Paint.) (a) The purest white lead, in the form of flakes or scales. (b) The trisnitrate of bismuth. Ure.

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• See under Flack, Paris, etc.

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• noun a variety of aster
  

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• adjective satellite of white tinged with grey
  gray-white; grayish-white; grey-white.
  

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• adjective satellite of white tinged with grey
  gray-white; grayish-white; grey-white.
  

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• noun a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
  Broadway.
  

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• adjective satellite of white flowers tinged with green
  green-white.
  

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• adjective satellite of white flowers tinged with green
  green-white.
  

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• adjective satellite of white tinged with grey
  gray-white; grayish-white; grey-white.
  

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• adjective satellite of white tinged with grey
  gray-white; grayish-white; grey-white.
  

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• 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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• noun whiting of the southeastern coast of North America
  Menticirrhus americanus.
  

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• (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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• noun Old World form of cabbage butterfly
  Pieris brassicae.
  

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• noun annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers
  Petunia axillaris.
  

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• 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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• 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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• adjective satellite of a white the color of fresh milk
  

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• noun a variety of white-topped aster
  

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• noun New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
  kahikatea; New Zealand Dacryberry; Podocarpus dacrydioides; Dacrycarpus dacrydioides.
  

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• 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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• 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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• noun whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting
  Menticirrhus saxatilis.
  

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• 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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• noun similar to American white pelican
  Pelecanus onocrotalus.
  

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• 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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• noun a daffodil having star-shaped white blossoms; often grown indoors to bloom in the winter
  Narcissus papyraceus.
  

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• (Chem.), purified chalk used as a pigment; whiting; Spanish white.

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• noun Australian writer (1912-1990)
  White; Patrick Victor Martindale White.
  

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• noun Australian writer (1912-1990)
  White; Patrick Victor Martindale White.
  

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• . (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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• adjective satellite of a white the color of pearls
  pearly.
  

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• (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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• noun flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for drying
  Acroclinium roseum; pink paper daisy.
  

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• adjective satellite of white tinged with pink
  

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• noun (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
  poor white trash.
  

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• noun of central North America; a threatened species
  Platanthera leucophea.
  

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• 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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• adjective satellite of white tinged with purple
  purple-white.
  

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• adjective satellite of white tinged with purple
  purple-white.
  

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Schwann's white" sub"stance

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1. (Anat.) The substance of the medullary sheath.

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• 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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• adjective satellite of a white that resembles silver
  silver-white.
  

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• adjective satellite of a white that resembles silver
  silver-white.
  

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• noun small widely distributed form
  Pieris rapae.
  

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• noun a variety of aster
  

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• adjective satellite of the white color of snow
  snowy.
  

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Snow"-white` adjective

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1. White as snow; very white. "Snow-white and rose-red" Chaucer.

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• 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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• noun medium-size pine of northwestern Mexico; bark is dark brown and furrowed when mature
  Pinus strobiformis.
  

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• an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by pulverizing and repeated washings, used as a white pigment.

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• noun United States architect (1853-1906)
  White.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See under Whiting.

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• 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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• 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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• noun United States political journalist (1915-1986)
  White; T. H. White.
  

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• 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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• . See under House.

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• noun United States political journalist (1915-1986)
  White; T. H. White.
  

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• to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag.

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• 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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• noun tufted rigid North American perennial with loose clusters of white flowers
  Aster ptarmicoides.
  

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• 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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• (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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Wa"ter-white` noun

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1. (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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• noun small white long-coated terrier developed in Scotland
  

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• noun a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
  WASP.
  

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• noun backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances
  whitelash.
  

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• noun North American herb with white poisonous berries
  white bead; white baneberry; Actaea alba; doll's eyes.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a fresh-water North American bass (Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.

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• noun American basswood of the Allegheny region
  cottonwood; Tilia heterophylla.
  

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• noun North American herb with white poisonous berries
  white bead; white baneberry; Actaea alba; doll's eyes.
  

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• noun white-seeded bean; usually dried
  navy bean; pea bean.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the polar bear. See under Polar.

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• 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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• noun North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
  red beech; Fagus grandifolia; Fagus americana; American beech.
  

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• 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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• noun European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches
  downy birch; Betula pubescens.
  

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• 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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• 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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• noun a government report; bound in white
  white book.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the snow goose.

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• a white alloy of copper; white copper.

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• noun bread made with finely ground and usually bleached wheat flour
  light bread.
  

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• noun low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers
  Cytisus multiflorus; Cytisus albus; white broom.
  

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• noun white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran
  devil's turnip; Bryonia alba.
  

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• noun dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it
  Chablis.
  

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• noun cake made without egg yolks
  

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• 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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• 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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• (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• (Med.), leucocythæmia.

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• 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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• noun highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic
  canella bark; canella.
  

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• noun North American herb with white poisonous berries
  white bead; white baneberry; Actaea alba; doll's eyes.
  

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• a whitish alloy of copper. See German silver, under German.

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• (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron; coquimbite.

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• (Zoöl.), an ornamental branched coral (Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.

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• 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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• noun a crappie that is white
  Pomoxis annularis.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the tree cricket.

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• noun small tree or shrub of southern Australia
  Callitris glauca; Callitris glaucophylla.
  

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• 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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• a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal mines. Raymond.

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• noun European dead nettle with white flowers
  Lamium album.
  

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• noun shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats
  Mandevilla boliviensis; Dipladenia boliviensis.
  

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• 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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• 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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• noun a faint star of enormous density
  white dwarf.
  

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• noun a faint star of enormous density
  white dwarf.
  

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• 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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• 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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• . See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.

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• noun globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
  Calochortus albus; white fairy lantern.
  

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• noun erect or spreading herb having racemes of creamy white flowers; the eastern United States
  Baptisia lactea.
  

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• 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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• noun a widely distributed feldspar that forms rocks
  albite.
  

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• 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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• 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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• (Zoöl.), the ruffed grouse. See under Ruffed. Canada

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• noun thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter
  Alopex lagopus; Arctic fox.
  

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• noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
  Carmelite.
  

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1. (Eccl.) A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.

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• noun bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers
  white fringed orchid; Habenaria albiflora.
  

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• noun bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers
  white fringed orchid; Habenaria albiflora.
  

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• noun California herb with white conic or bell-shaped flowers usually tinged with green
  Fritillaria liliaceae.
  

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• . See Hoarfrost.

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• 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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• (Zoöl.), the white ptarmigan.

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• (Min.), leucite.

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• noun globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
  Calochortus albus; white fairy lantern.
  

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• noun a pale alloy of gold usually with platinum or nickel or palladium
  

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• 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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• (Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica) with greenish-white paleæ.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The white ptarmigan. (b) The prairie chicken. Local, U. S.

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• (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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• (Zoöl.), the squirrel hake. See under Squirrel.

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• (Zoöl.), the hen harrier.

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• 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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• noun heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers
  Cassiope mertensiana.
  

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• 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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• a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. R. Shak.

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• 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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• (Zoöl.), the barn owl. Prov. Eng.

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• 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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• 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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• noun a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white
  whitecap; white horse.
  

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• (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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• . (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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• (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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• noun a company that is a friendly acquirer in a takeover
  

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• a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry, but blackish after rain. Eng.

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• (Zoöl.), the snow bunting.

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• 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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• noun a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead
  cerussite.
  

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• noun an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)
  

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• . See under Lie.

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• . (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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• 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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• a solution or preparation of lime for whitewashing; whitewash.

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• noun white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control
  wolf bean; Egyptian lupine; field lupine; Lupinus albus.
  

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• 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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• noun magic used only for good purposes
  

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• noun small New Zealand tree having red pulpy one-seeded fruit
  Olea lanceolata.
  

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• noun small shrubby mallee
  Eucalyptus dumosa; congoo mallee.
  

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• noun European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers
  marsh mallow; Althea officinalis.
  

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• noun a man who is White
  

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• noun the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects
  

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• 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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• noun small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic
  Makaira albida.
  

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• 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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• noun whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
  substantia alba.
  

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• 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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• noun biennial plant; valuable honey plant
  Melilotus alba; white melilot.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the smew.

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• 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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• noun tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States
  Asclepias albicans.
  

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• . (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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• silver money.

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• 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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• (Zoöl.), the albino variety of the common mouse.

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• noun Asiatic mulberry with white to pale red fruit; leaves used to feed silkworms
  Morus alba.
  

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• noun densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America
  Verbascum lychnitis.
  

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• 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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• noun Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil
  Sinapis alba; Brassica hirta.
  

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• noun a headstream of the Nile; joins the Blue Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile
  

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• 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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• (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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• 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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• (Bot.), the albumen. See Albumen, 2.

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• 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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• (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the eye surrounding the transparent cornea.

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• noun veloute sauce with sauteed chopped onions and whipping cream
  Soubise.
  

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• 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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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The snowy owl. (b) The barn owl.

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• 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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• noun a government report; bound in white
  white book.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the white ptarmigan.

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• noun large American pelican; white with black wing feathers
  Pelecanus erythrorhynchos.
  

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• noun a light-skinned race
  Caucasoid race; White people; Caucasian race.
  

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• 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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• 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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• noun a member of the Caucasoid race
  White; Caucasian.
  

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• noun perennial of western North America having white flowers
  Aster falcatus.
  

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• . (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage. (b) An albino rabbit.

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• noun a light-skinned race
  Caucasoid race; White people; Caucasian race.
  

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• (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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• 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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• the distinctive badge of certain organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.

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• noun having husk or outer brown layers removed
  polished rice.
  

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• noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
  White.
  

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• noun from Mediterranean region; a naturalized weed throughout southern Europe
  Diplotaxis erucoides.
  

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• 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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• (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.

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• . (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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• noun a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet
  Belarus; Byelarus; Republic of Belarus; Belorussia; Byelorussia.
  

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• 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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• noun fungus causing a disease characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia
  

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• 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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• noun a sale of household linens
  

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• (Zoöl.), the silver salmon.

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• salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.

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• 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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• noun milk thickened with a butter and flour roux
  bechamel sauce; bechamel.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii) injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under Orange.

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• noun a large inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwestern part of European Russia
  

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• 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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• noun a social system in which white people live separately from members of other races
  

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• noun someone who advocates a society in which white people live separately from members of other races
  

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• 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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• noun large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska
  Ovis montana dalli; Dall's sheep; Dall sheep.
  

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• 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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• noun a woman sold into prostitution
  

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• noun a person who forces women to become prostitutes
  

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• noun a type of slime mushroom
  

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• 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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• noun California plant with slender racemes of white flowers
  Antirrhinum coulterianum.
  

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• . (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under Softening.

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• noun low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers
  Cytisus multiflorus; Cytisus albus; white broom.
  

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• 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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• (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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• noun a white knight that buys less than a majority interest
  

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• the badge of the lord high treasurer of England. Macaulay.

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• 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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• noun stringybark having white wood
  Eucalyptusd eugenioides; thin-leaved stringybark.
  

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• 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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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The common sucker. (b) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum).

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• noun a person who believes that the white race is or should be supreme
  

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• noun the prejudice that members of the white race are superior to members of other races
  

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• noun biennial plant; valuable honey plant
  Melilotus alba; white melilot.
  

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• (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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• noun a branch of the Tai languages
  

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• noun common North American deer; tail has a white underside
  Odocoileus Virginianus; white tail; whitetail; Virginia deer; whitetail deer.
  

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• 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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• 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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• noun formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
  white tie; tailcoat; tails; tail coat; full dress; dress suit.
  

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• 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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• . See Tombac.

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• noun (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
  poor white trash.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the white weakfish, or silver squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United States.

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• noun tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring
  Lilium longiflorum; Easter lily; Bermuda lily.
  

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• (Zoöl.), the common, or pied, wagtail.

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• 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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• noun frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls
  whitewater.
  

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• beeswax rendered white by bleaching.

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• 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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• noun small northern whale that is white when adult
  beluga; Delphinapterus leucas.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the beluga.

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• (Zoöl.), the smew.

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• noun large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark
  Huntingdon willow; Salix alba.
  

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• 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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• a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent purposes. Addison. Cotton Mather.

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• 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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• noun a woman who is White
  

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• noun rhizomatous perennial wood aster of eastern North America with white flowers
  Aster divaricatus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the willow warbler; so called from the color of the under parts.

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• noun grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
  water yam; Dioscorea alata.
  

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• 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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• noun coextensive with the genus Clethra
  family Clethraceae; Clethraceae.
  

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• noun bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities
  Iridoprocne bicolor; tree swallow.
  

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• noun yew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berries
  Pseudotaxus chienii.
  

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White"-blaze` noun

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1. See White-face.

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• adjective satellite having blotches of white
  

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• 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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• noun bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America
  Sitta carolinensis.
  

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• noun large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin
  Procellaria aequinoctialis.
  

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• noun temporary rise in blood pressure in the doctor's office
  

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• 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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• noun finch with black-and-white striped crown
  Zonotrichia leucophrys.
  

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White"-ear` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) The wheatear.

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• adjective satellite having a white border
  

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White"-eye` noun

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1. (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` noun

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1. A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.

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• noun North American hornet
  bald-faced hornet; Vespula maculata.
  

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• adjective satellite (of plants) having white flowers
  

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White"-foot` noun

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1. (Far.) A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.

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• noun American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts
  Peromyscus leucopus; vesper mouse.
  

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White`-front"ed adjective

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1. Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur.

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• 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.
  
  • whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
  • nodded his hoary head
• adjective satellite favorite
  blue-eyed; fair-haired.
  
  • the fair-haired boy of the literary set

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• 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` noun

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1. (Bot.) A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.

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• 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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• 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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1. White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence.

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• noun compact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowers
  Cistus albidus.
  

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White"-limed` adjective

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1. Whitewashed or plastered with lime. "White-limed walls." Shak.

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• adjective satellite having white lips from fear or terror
  

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• noun blackish peccary with whitish cheeks; larger than the collared peccary
  Tayassu pecari.
  

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• adjective satellite easily frightened
  yellow-bellied; yellow; chickenhearted; lily-livered; chicken.
  

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White"-liv`ered adjective

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1. Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.

   They must not be milksops, nor white-livered knights. Latimer.

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• 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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• verb lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain
  whiteout.
  

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• 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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• adjective satellite of pink tinged with white; a light tint of pink
  

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White"-pot` noun

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1. A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot. King.

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• 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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• adjective satellite having white ribs
  

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• noun a butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underparts
  Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides.
  

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• adjective satellite having white seeds
  

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• 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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• noun low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria
  Erodium moschatum; muskus grass; musk clover.
  

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• adjective satellite having white streaks
  

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• noun common North American deer; tail has a white underside
  Odocoileus Virginianus; white tail; whitetail; Virginia deer; whitetail deer.
  

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• 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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• noun grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions
  Elanus leucurus.
  

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• 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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• 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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• adjective satellite requiring white ties and tailcoats for men
  
  • a white-tie occasion

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• 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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• noun herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits
  

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White"-wa`ter noun

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1. (Far.) A dangerous disease of sheep.

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• noun a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
  whited sepulcher.
  

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• noun a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
  whited sepulcher.
  

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Whit"ing-mop` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) A young whiting. Prov. Eng.
2. A fair lass. "This pretty whiting-mop." Massinger.

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• 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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• adjective satellite of a white tinged with yellow
  yellow-white.
  

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• adjective satellite of a white tinged with yellow
  yellow-white.
  

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• noun Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark
  Betula neoalaskana.
  

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• 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.

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