white vitriol
— Noun
– English
~ a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc
white elephant
— Noun
– English
~ albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia
white cake
— Noun
– English
~ cake made without egg yolks
white-stemmed filaree
— Noun
– English
~ low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria
white broom
— Noun
– English
~ low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers
white mullet
— Noun
– English
~ silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts
white campion
— Noun
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~ bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
white
— Noun
– English
~ (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
white ant
— Noun
– English
~ whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood
white water
— Noun
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~ frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls
white lily
— Noun
– English
~ white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
white lie
— Noun
– English
~ an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)
white-coat hypertension
— Noun
– English
~ temporary rise in blood pressure in the doctor's office
white sale
— Noun
– English
~ a sale of household linens
white basswood
— Noun
– English
~ American basswood of the Allegheny region
white cell
— Noun
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~ blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
white sturgeon
— Noun
– English
~ food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America
white sturgeon
— Noun
– English
~ valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
white dipladenia
— Noun
– English
~ shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats