Cream-white (a.) As white as cream. |
Egret (n.) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, / Herodias, egretta) |
Egret (n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament |
Egret (n.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle. |
Egret (n.) A kind of ape. |
Great (superl.) Large in space |
Great (superl.) Large in number |
Great (superl.) Long continued |
Great (superl.) Superior |
Great (superl.) Endowed with extraordinary powers |
Great (superl.) Holding a chief position |
Great (superl.) Entitled to earnest consideration |
Great (superl.) Pregnant |
Great (superl.) More than ordinary in degree |
Great (superl.) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation |
Great (n.) The whole |
Great-bellied (a.) Having a great belly |
Great-grandchild (n.) The child of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
Great-granddaughter (n.) A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
Great-grandfather (n.) The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. |
Great-grandmother (n.) The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother. |
Great-grandson (n.) A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
Great-hearted (a.) High-spirited |
Great-hearted (a.) Generous |
Great-heartedness (n.) The quality of being greathearted |
Schwann's white substance () The substance of the medullary sheath. |
Snow-white (a.) White as snow |
Tun-great (a.) Having the circumference of a tun. |
Water-white (n.) A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst. |
White (superl.) Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined |
White (superl.) Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color |
White (superl.) Having the color of purity |
White (superl.) Gray, as from age |
White (superl.) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like |
White (superl.) Regarded with especial favor |
White (n.) The color of pure snow |
White (n.) Something having the color of snow |
White (n.) Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white |
White (n.) A person with a white skin |
White (n.) A white pigment |
White (n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage. |
White (v. t.) To make white |
White-blaze (n.) See White-face. |
White-ear (n.) The wheatear. |
White-eye (n.) Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. c/rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit. |
White-face (n.) A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose |
White-foot (n.) A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin. |
White friar () A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite. |
White-fronted (a.) Having a white front |
White-heart (n.) A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. |
whitelash white backlash | backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances |
Peasant's Revolt Great Revolt | a widespread rebellion in against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England, suppressed by Richard II |
white sale | a sale of household linens |
great care | more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons, the pilot exercised great care in landing |
white man's burden | the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects |
World War I World War Great War First World War War to End War | a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from to |
great white shark white shark man-eater man-eating shark Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
whitetip shark oceanic whitetip shark white-tipped shark Carcharinus longimanus | large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin, worldwide distribution, most dangerous shark |
blue shark great blue shark Prionace glauca | slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark, blue body shades to white belly, dangerous especially during maritime disasters |
white-throated sparrow whitethroat Zonotrichia albicollis | common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown |
white-breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast, of eastern North America |
white-bellied swallow tree swallow Iridoprocne bicolor | bluish-green-and-white North American swallow, nests in tree cavities |
great bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis | large bowerbird of northern Australia |
white-tailed kite Elanus leucurus | grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions |
ern erne grey sea eagle gray sea eagle European sea eagle white-tailed sea eagle Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
great horned owl Bubo virginianus | brown North American horned owl |
great grey owl great gray owl Strix nebulosa | large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia |
barn owl Tyto alba | mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures, important in rodent control |
giant kangaroo great grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus | very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas |
white stork Ciconia ciconia | the common stork of Europe, white with black wing feathers and a red bill |
Ardea genus Ardea | type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons |
great blue heron Ardea herodius | large American heron having bluish-grey plumage |
great white heron Ardea occidentalis | large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys |
egret | any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season |
snowy egret snowy heron Egretta thula | small New World egret |
little egret Egretta garzetta | Old World egret |
great white heron Casmerodius albus | widely distributed Old World white egret |
American egret great white heron Egretta albus | a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America, it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus |
cattle egret Bubulcus ibis | small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals |
great bustard Otis tarda | largest European land bird |
sanderling Crocethia alba | small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world |
great snipe woodcock snipe Gallinago media | Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe |
white-headed stilt Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus | stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck |
black-backed gull great black-backed gull cob Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |
great skua Catharacta skua | large brown skua of the northern Atlantic |
great auk Pinguinus impennis | large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts, extinct |
great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus | large Old World grebe with black ear tufts |
white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | large American pelican, white with black wing feathers |
Old world white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus | similar to American white pelican |
white whale beluga Delphinapterus leucas | small northern whale that is white when adult |
West Highland white terrier | small white longoated terrier developed in Scotland |
Great Dane | very large powerful smoothoated breed of dog |
Great Pyrenees | bred of large heavyoated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland |
white wolf Arctic wolf Canis lupus tundrarum | wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail |
Arctic fox white fox Alopex lagopus | thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions, brownish in summer and white in winter |
bald-faced hornet white-faced hornet Vespula maculata | North American hornet |
termite white ant | whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood |
white admiral Limenitis camilla | Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings |
banded purple white admiral Limenitis arthemis | North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band |
small white Pieris rapae | small widely distributed form |