<B>white horse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white-topped wave; whitecap. </DL>
<A NAME="whitehot">
<B>white-hot, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>white with heat; extremely hot. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) very enthusiastic; excited; violent. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) that gives rise to excitement, enthusiasm, or violence. <BR> <I>Ex. The dues issue was a white-hot thing four years ago (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="whitehouse">
<B>White House,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the official residence of the President of the United States, in Washington, D.C. <DD><B> 2. </B>the office, authority, or opinion of the President of the United States. </DL>
<A NAME="whitehunter">
<B>white hunter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white man employed to guide a safari. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteibis">
<B>white ibis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an ibis with white feathers, black wing tips, and red face and legs, found from southern United States to northern South America. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteiron">
<B>white iron,</B> <B>=tin.</B></DL>
<A NAME="whiteironpyrites">
<B>white iron pyrites,</B> <B>=marcasite.</B></DL>
<A NAME="whiteknight">
<B>white knight,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a political reformer or champion of a cause. <BR> <I>Ex. ... white knights dealing with the joint evils of corruption and reaction (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Finance.) a friendly bidder sought out by a company to outbid a hostile company that has made a tender offer for itscontrol. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteknuckle">
<B>white-knuckle, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> filled with tension or fear as if to make one clench one's fists; trying; frightening. <BR> <I>Ex. And for those in the area who have been told they will be laid off, or fear they will be, it is white-knuckle time (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="whitelead">
<B>white lead,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a heavy, white, poisonous, powdery compound, basic lead carbonate, used in making paint and in putty; ceruse. <DD><B> 2. </B>the putty or paste prepared by grinding this substance with oil (white lead in oil). <DD><B> 3. </B>Also, <B>white lead ore.</B> <B>=cerussite.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="whiteleather">
<B>white leather,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> leather treated with salt and alum to retain its natural light color. </DL>
<A NAME="whitelie">
<B>white lie,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a lie about some small matter; polite or harmless lie. </DL>
<A NAME="whitelight">
<B>white light,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the light which comes directly from the sun, and which has not been decomposed, as by refraction. <DD><B> 2. </B>any light producing the same color or color sensation as direct sunlight. </DL>
<B>white line,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a white (or yellow) stripe painted on a road or street, for the guidance of drivers of vehicles. <DD><B> 2. </B>the flaky white layer in the wall of a horse's hoof. </DL>
<A NAME="whitelippedpeccary">
<B>white-lipped peccary,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large peccary with white markings on the face, living from Mexico south to Paraguay. </DL>
<A NAME="whitelist">
<B>white list,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a list of members of diplomatic households who are entitled to diplomatic immunity from the jurisdiction of courts. </DL>
<B>white lupine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an Old-World lupine with white flowers, much used in Europe as fodder. </DL>
<A NAME="whitely">
<B>whitely, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> so as to be or appear white; with a white color or aspect. </DL>
<A NAME="whitemahogany">
<B>white mahogany,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the wood of the primavera. </DL>
<A NAME="whitemangrove">
<B>white mangrove,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tree or shrub of western Africa and tropical America as far north as Florida, with greenish-white flowers and a reddish bark rich in tannin. </DL>
<A NAME="whitemansburden">
<B>white man's burden,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the assumed duty of members of the Caucasian race to educate and govern peoples of the underdeveloped countries of the world, especially of Asia and Africa. </DL>
<A NAME="whitemarkedmoth">
<B>white-marked moth,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tussock moth common in the eastern United States. The female has no wings. </DL>
<A NAME="whitemarket">
<B>white market,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the lawful buying and selling of any item in short supply or of ration coupons to prevent a black market from springing up. <BR> <I>Ex. To minimize racketeering, any rationing ought to be coupled with what has been called the "white market"--a kind of legal black market (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="whitemarlin">
<B>white marlin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small marlin of Atlantic waters with a conspicuous lateral line. </DL>
<A NAME="whitematter">
<B>white matter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> whitish nerve tissue, especially in the brain and spinal cord, that consists chiefly of nerve fibers with myelin sheaths. </DL>
<A NAME="whitemeat">
<B>white meat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any light-colored meat, such as veal or breast of chicken or turkey. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Dialect.) dairy products. </DL>
<A NAME="whitemetal">
<B>white metal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of several light-colored or white alloys, such as babbitt. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of several other alloys containing a large percentage of lead or tin. </DL>
<A NAME="whitemineraloil">
<B>white mineral oil,</B> <B>=mineral oil </B>(def. 2).</DL>
<A NAME="whitemouse">
<B>white mouse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an albino strain of the common house mouse, bred for medical and biological research and sometimes for a pet. </DL>
<A NAME="whitemouth">
<B>white mouth,</B> <B>=thrush</B> (2).</DL>
<A NAME="whitemulberry">
<B>white mulberry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mulberry native to China whose leaves are used for feeding silkworms. </DL>
<B>white mullein,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mullein covered with a thin, powdery down, growing in the eastern United States. </DL>
<A NAME="whitemuscledisease">
<B>white muscle disease,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a serious disease which affects lambs and calves by wasting of muscle tissue; stiff-lamb disease. </DL>
<A NAME="whitemustard">
<B>white mustard,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of mustard plant cultivated for its seeds, which are used for seasoning, and for its edible leaves. </DL>
<A NAME="whiten">
<B>whiten, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make white or whiter. <BR> <I>Ex. Sunshine helps to whiten clothes.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become white or whiter. <BR> <I>Ex. She whitened when she heard the bad news.</I> noun <B>whitener.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="whiteneckedraven">
<B>white-necked raven,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a raven with a ring of white feathers around the neck, found from Texas to southern California, and from western Kansas to Mexico. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteness">
<B>whiteness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>white color or appearance. <BR> <I>Ex. the whiteness of milk.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>lightness or fairness of complexion. <DD><B> b. </B>paleness; pallor. <DD><B> 3. </B>a white substance. <BR> <I>Ex. to be covered with a whiteness.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) spotless character or quality; purity. <BR> <I>Ex. He had kept the whiteness of his soul (Byron).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="whitening">
<B>whitening, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the act or process of making white; bleaching, whitewashing, tinning, or the like. <DD><B> b. </B>the fact or process of becoming white. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=whiting.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="whitenoise">
<B>white noise,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the sound heard when the entire range of audible frequencies is produced at once, as in the operation of a jet engine. <DD><B> 2. </B>an overlay of sound to cover up distracting or annoying noises; acoustic perfume. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteoak">
<B>white oak,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large oak tree of eastern and central North America which has a light-gray or whitish bark and hard wood. <DD><B> 2. </B>an oak of British and other European forests; durmast. <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of various other oaks, such as the robur, a common species in Great Britain, or the roble, a shade tree of California and Mexico. <DD><B> 4. </B>the wood of any of these trees. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteoakum">
<B>white oakum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> oakum made from clean rope, formerly used as dressings for wounds. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteonwhite">
<B>white-on-white, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a white cloth with a figured design in an off-white woven into it, used especially for shirts and blouses. <DD><B> 2. </B>a shirt made of this cloth. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteoryx">
<B>white oryx,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rare, very pale-colored oryx of Arabia. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteout">
<B>whiteout, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a condition in arctic and antarctic regions in which the sky, the horizon, and the ground become a solid mass of dazzling reflected light, obliterating all shadows and distinctions. <BR> <I>Ex. A whiteout can be more devastating than a blizzard, for the snow on the ground merges with a solid white overcast of clouds, with no visible point of junction (John Brooks).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a temporary loss of vision resulting from this. <BR> <I>Ex. Travelers in Arctic snow on an overcast day, in fog, or under an unbroken sky may suffer not a blackout but a whiteout (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>loss of view when snow blows across the path ahead. </DL>
<A NAME="whitepaper">
<B>white paper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>paper of a white color. <DD><B> b. </B>blank paper, not written or printed upon. <DD><B> 2. </B>a policy statement issued by the British government; command paper. <DD><B> 3. </B>any official government report. </DL>
<A NAME="whitepelican">
<B>white pelican,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large pelican of western North America, mostly white with black flight feathers. </DL>
<A NAME="whitepepper">
<B>white pepper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a seasoning, less pungent than black pepper, made from the husked, dried, fully ripened berries of the pepper vine, a tropical climbing shrub. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteperch">
<B>white perch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, silvery food fish of the eastern United States, found in both fresh and marine waters; silver perch. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=white crappie.</B> </DL>
