<B>white pine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tall pine tree of eastern North America, valued for its soft, light wood. The white pine is the state tree of Maine and Michigan. <DD><B> 2. </B>the wood itself, much used for building. <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of various similar pines. </DL>
<A NAME="whitepineblisterrust">
<B>white pine blister rust,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a disease that destroys the tissues of white pines, caused by a fungus sheltered by currant plants. </DL>
<A NAME="whitepineweevil">
<B>white-pine weevil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of weevil whose larvae feed on the new stems of the white pine and some other coniferous trees. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteplague">
<B>white plague,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> tuberculosis, especially of the lungs. </DL>
<A NAME="whitepoplar">
<B>white poplar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large, spreading poplar, a native of Europe and Asia, whose deeply indented, roundish leaves have a silvery-white down on the undersurface; abele. <DD><B> 2a. </B><B>=tulip tree.</B> <DD><B> b. </B>its soft wood; tulipwood. </DL>
<B>white primary,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a primary election formerly held in some Southern states, in which only white persons were permitted to vote. </DL>
<A NAME="whitequebracho">
<B>white quebracho,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a South American tree of the dogbane family whose bark is used for tanning, and in medicine as a respiratory stimulant. </DL>
<A NAME="whiterace">
<B>white race,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the Caucasian race. </DL>
<A NAME="whiterat">
<B>white rat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an albino variety of the brown or Norway rat, used in laboratory experiments. <DD><B> 2. </B>any albino rat. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteroom">
<B>white room,</B> =clean room.</DL>
<A NAME="whiterose">
<B>white rose,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the emblem of the House of York. </DL>
<A NAME="whiterot">
<B>white rot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of several small herbaceous plants, such as the pennywort. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various fungous plant diseases characterized by numerous white or grayish spots on affected parts. </DL>
<A NAME="whiterumpedsandpiper">
<B>white-rumped sandpiper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small sandpiper that nests in arctic America and winters in southern South America. It reveals a conspicuous white rump when in flight. </DL>
<A NAME="whiterussian">
<B>White Russian,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a Russian living in the western part of Russia, north of Ukraine; Belarusian. <DD><B> 2. </B>a Russian who recognized the former czarist government of Russia as the legal government of that country; Russian monarchist. </DL>
<A NAME="whiterust">
<B>white rust,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a fungous disease of plants characterized by the eruption of white spores on the affected parts. <DD><B> 2. </B>the fungus causing this. </DL>
<A NAME="whites">
<B>whites, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>white.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="whitesale">
<B>white sale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sale of white goods. <BR> <I>Ex. Merchants reported that January White Sales business was good (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="whitesandalwood">
<B>white sandalwood,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of sandalwood cultivated in India, having a hard, fragrant wood used for construction and in making medicines, perfumes, and cosmetics. </DL>
<A NAME="whitesapphire">
<B>white sapphire,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless variety of corundum or sapphire. </DL>
<A NAME="whitesauce">
<B>white sauce,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sauce made of milk, butter, and flour cooked together until thick and smooth, frequently with seasoning added. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteshark">
<B>white shark,</B> =carcharodon.</DL>
<A NAME="whitesheep">
<B>white sheep,</B> =Dall sheep.</DL>
<A NAME="whiteshoe">
<B>white-shoe, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially U.S. Informal.) of or associated with individuals thought of as having special rank and privilege; elitist. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteslave">
<B>white slave,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a woman forced to be a prostitute. <DD><B> 2. </B>a white person held as a slave. adj. <B>whiteslave.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="whiteslaver">
<B>white slaver,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person whose business is white slavery. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteslavery">
<B>white slavery,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition of a white slave or slaves. <DD><B> 2. </B>the practice or business of a white slaver; traffic in white slaves. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteslaving">
<B>white-slaving, </B>noun. =white slavery.</DL>
<A NAME="whitesmith">
<B>whitesmith, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a worker in tin (white iron); tinsmith. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who finishes or polishes iron articles. </DL>
<A NAME="whitesnakeroot">
<B>white snakeroot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a North American herb of the composite family, a variety of eupatorium with clusters of white flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="whitespruce">
<B>white spruce,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a spruce of northern North America with light-gray bark and unpleasant-smelling foliage. It may reach a height of 150 feet. <DD><B> 2. </B>its light, strong wood, used for paper pulp and to make wooden containers. </DL>
<A NAME="whitesquall">
<B>white squall,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a squall of wind without clouds. </DL>
<A NAME="whitestork">
<B>white stork,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the common European stork, also occurring in Africa and Asia, having white feathers with black on the wings. </DL>
<A NAME="whitesturgeon">
<B>white sturgeon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sturgeon of the Pacific coast that is the largest American freshwater fish known, often growing to a length of 10 feet and a weight of more than 1000 pounds. </DL>
<A NAME="whitesupremacist">
<B>white supremacist,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a believer in or supporter of white supremacy. <BR> <I>Ex. You cannot deal honestly with the question of race without infuriating the white supremacists in the South or the Negro liberals in the North (Listener).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="whitesupremacy">
<B>white supremacy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the belief that the white race is superior to and should have supremacy over all others, especially the Negro race. <BR> <I>Ex. Already the idea of white supremacy has a certain fustiness about it, which before long could make it a merely curious anachronism (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="whitetail">
<B>whitetail, </B>noun. =white-tailed deer.</DL>
<A NAME="whitetaileddeer">
<B>white-tailed deer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the common deer of eastern North America, white on the underside of the tail, known also in its summer coat as a red deer; Virginia deer. </DL>
<A NAME="whitetailedeagle">
<B>white-tailed eagle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sea eagle of northern Europe with a white tail, closely related to the bald eagle. </DL>
<A NAME="whitetailedgnu">
<B>white-tailed gnu,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a gnu that ranges in color from brown to black and has a yellowish-white tail and a hairy face. It is almost extinct. </DL>
<A NAME="whitetailedjackrabbit">
<B>white-tailed jack rabbit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a jack rabbit of the northern and western plains of the United States whose fur turns white in winter. </DL>
<A NAME="whitetailedkite">
<B>white-tailed kite,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a falconlike hawk with white tail and underparts, a variety of kite found from California and Texas south to Chile. </DL>
<A NAME="whitetailedptarmigan">
<B>white-tailed ptarmigan,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a ptarmigan that lives in the Rocky Mountains, ranging from central Alaska south to New Mexico. </DL>
<A NAME="whitethorn">
<B>whitethorn, </B>noun. =English hawthorn.</DL>
<A NAME="whitethroat">
<B>whitethroat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of certain European warblers, brown with a whitish throat and belly. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=white-throated sparrow.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="whitethroated">
<B>white-throated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a white throat. </DL>
<A NAME="whitethroatedsparrow">
<B>white-throated sparrow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large sparrow of eastern North America, brown with a white patch on the throat; peabody bird; whitethroat. </DL>
<A NAME="whitethroatedswift">
<B>white-throated swift,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a black and white swift (bird) found from British Columbia south through the western United States to Guatemala. </DL>
<A NAME="whitetie">
<B>white tie,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a white bow tie, such as is worn by men in formal evening clothes. <DD><B> 2. </B>formal evening clothes for men that include a white bow tie. <BR> <I>Ex. decreeing that all male guests appear in white tie (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="whitetie">
<B>white-tie, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a formal affair at which white ties are worn. </DL>
<A NAME="whitetrash">
<B>white trash,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>poor whites, as a group (used in an unfriendly way). <DD><B> 2. </B>a descendant or the descendants of poor whites, regardless of means (used in an unfriendly way). </DL>
<A NAME="whiteturnip">
<B>white turnip,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of broad turnip with hairy leaves. </DL>
<A NAME="whitevitriol">
<B>white vitriol,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white or colorless, crystalline substance used as an antiseptic, and for dyeing calico, and preserving wood; zinc sulfate. </DL>
<A NAME="whitevulture">
<B>white vulture,</B> =Pharaoh's hen.</DL>
<A NAME="whitewall">
<B>whitewall, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an automobile tire with a white rim on the outer casing. </DL>
<A NAME="whitewalnut">
<B>white walnut,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the butternut tree. <DD><B> 2. </B>the wood of the butternut, used to make furniture. </DL>
<A NAME="whiteware">
<B>whiteware, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> articles made of white pottery, earthenware, and porcelain, such as plumbing fixtures, dinnerware, and electrical insulators. </DL>
<A NAME="whitewash">
<B>whitewash, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a liquid mixture of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water. It is used for whitening walls, woodwork, or other surfaces, as a substitute for paint. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>the act of covering up faults or mistakes. <DD><B> b. </B>anything that covers up faults or mistakes. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) a defeat in a game without a score for the loser; shut-out. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) a cosmetic formerly used to make the skin fair. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to whiten with whitewash. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to cover up the faults or mistakes of. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) to defeat in a game without a score for the loser; shut out. <BR> <I>Ex. The faltering world champions meekly submitted to a 6-0 whitewashing ... at the Polo Grounds last night (New York Times).</I> noun <B>whitewasher.</B> </DL>
