Cream-white (a.) As white as cream. |
Crop-tailed (a.) Having the tail cropped. |
Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth |
Dag-tailed (a.) Daggle-tailed |
Draggle-tailed (a.) Untidy |
Fan-tailed (a.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail |
Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones |
Pin-tailed (a.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest |
Racket-tailed (a.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. |
Rat-tailed (a.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. |
Red-tailed (a.) Having a red tail. |
Ring-tailed (a.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. |
Ruby-tailed (a.) Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red. |
Schwann's white substance () The substance of the medullary sheath. |
Scissors-tailed (a.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones. |
Snow-white (a.) White as snow |
Spine-tailed (a.) Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. |
Stiff-tailed (a.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid. |
Stump-tailed (a.) Having a short, thick tail. |
Swallow-tailed (a.) Having a tail like that of a swallow |
Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing |
Tailed (a.) Having a tail |
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. |
Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate |
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. |
White-hot (a.) White with heat |
White-limed (a.) Whitewashed or plastered with lime. |
White-livered (a.) Having a pale look |
White-pot (n.) A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot. |
White-water (n.) A dangerous disease of sheep. |
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 |
green-tailed towhee Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
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 |
redtail red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis | dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
swallow-tailed kite swallow-tailed hawk Elanoides forficatus | graceful North American black-and-white kite |
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 |
tailed frog bell toad ribbed toad tailed toad Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
zebra-tailed lizard gridiron-tailed lizard Callisaurus draconoides | swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs, of deserts of United States and Mexico |
sharp-tailed grouse sprigtail sprig tail Pedioecetes phasianellus | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America |
band-tailed pigeon band-tail pigeon bandtail Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
pin-tailed sandgrouse pin-tailed grouse Pterocles alchata | sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers |
pintail pin-tailed duck Anas acuta | long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers |
nail-tailed wallaby nail-tailed kangaroo | small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail |
brush-tailed phalanger Trichosurus vulpecula | bushy-tailed phalanger |
brewer's mole hair-tailed mole Parascalops breweri | mole of eastern North America |
short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
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 |
slender-tailed meerkat Suricata suricatta | a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail |
freetail free-tailed bat freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
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 |
round-tailed muskrat Florida water rat Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
brush-tailed porcupine brush-tail porcupine | porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail |
long-tailed porcupine Trichys lipura | porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail |
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 |