Nouns in english starting with W

• white-faced hornet — Noun – English ～ North American hornet
• white supremacy — Noun – English ～ the prejudice that members of the white race are superior to members of other races
• white tie — Noun – English ～ bow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress
• white stringybark — Noun – English ～ stringybark having white wood
• 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 – English ～ 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 – English ～ 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 – English ～ blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

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