whitelash
white backlash | backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances |
| white sale | a sale of household linens |
| white man's burden | the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects |
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 |
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 |
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 |
white stork
Ciconia ciconia | the common stork of Europe, white with black wing feathers and a red bill |
| great white heron Ardea occidentalis | large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
large white
Pieris brassicae | Old World form of cabbage butterfly |
white-tailed jackrabbit
whitetail jackrabbit
Lepus townsendi | largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States, brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter, tail nearly always all white |
white-footed mouse
vesper mouse
Peromyscus leucopus | American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts |
white rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
Diceros simus | large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns, endangered, sometimes placed in genus Diceros |
white-lipped peccary
Tayassu pecari | blackish peccary with whitish cheeks, larger than the collared peccary |
Dall sheep
Dall's sheep
white sheep
Ovis montana dalli | large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska |
Virginia deer
white tail
whitetail
white-tailed deer
whitetail deer
Odocoileus Virginianus | common North American deer, tail has a white underside |
yellow-throated marten
Charronia flavigula | large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma |
| white elephant | albinic Indian elephant, rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia |
barramundi
giant perch
giant seaperch
Asian seabass
white seabass
Lates calcarifer | a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities, lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats |
white crappie
Pomoxis annularis | a crappie that is white |
white perch
silver perch Morone americana | small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams |
white croaker chenfish
kingfish Genyonemus lineatus | small silvery marine food fish found off California |
white croaker queenfish
Seriphus politus | silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters |
white mullet
Mugil curema | silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts |
white marlin
Makaira albida | small marlin (topounds) of western Atlantic |
Pacific sturgeon
white sturgeon Sacramento sturgeon
Acipenser transmontanus | food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America |
beluga hausen
white sturgeon Acipenser huso | valuable source of caviar and isinglass, found in Black and Caspian seas |
black and white
monochrome | a black-and-white photograph or slide |
clean room
white room | a room that is virtually free of dust or bacteria, used in laboratory work and in assembly or repair of precision equipment |
dress suit
full dress
tailcoat
tail coat
tails white tie white tie and tails | formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men |
| flannel gabardine tweed white | (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth |
| white | (board games) the lighter pieces |
white flag
flag of truce | flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce |