Words starting with W

whitedA surname.
whitedampA noxious mixture of gases formed by the combustion of coal, usually in an enclosed environment such as a mine.
whitefaceMakeup that makes the face appear white.
whitefacedHaving a white face, as from fear.
whitefellaA white person (Caucasian person), especially white settler in Australia, especially a man (especially as opposed to an Aboriginal Australian).
WhitefieldA surname.
WhitefieldianOf or relating to George Whitefield (1714–1770), Anglican cleric and evangelist who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement.
WhitefieldismWhitefieldian religious principles.
WhitefielditeOne who holds Whitefieldian religious principles.
whitefinHaving a fin that is white in colour.
whitefishAny of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
whitefisherOne who fishes for whitefish.
whitefisheryThe industry of fishing for whitefish.
whiteflawSynonym of whitlow.
whiteflyAny of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest
whitefolkWhite people.
WhitefoordA locality in Southern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
WhitefootA surname
WhitefordA surname.
whitefrontThe greater white-fronted goose.
WhitehairA surname.
WhitehallA wide street in Westminster between Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square; it houses several government offices.
WhitehavenA port town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough, and historically within the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NX9718).
WhitehawkA suburb of Brighton, England, United Kingdom.
whiteheadA type of comedo, manifesting as a small whitish bump of the skin due to retention of sebum and dead skin cells in a skin pore blocked by a thin layer of epithelium.
WhiteheadianOf or relating to Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), English mathematician and philosopher.
WhitehillA surname.
WhitehillsA coastal village in north-west Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, historically in Banffshire (OS grid ref NJ6565).
whitehoodThe condition of being (racially) white.
WhitehornA surname.
WhitehorseThe capital city of Yukon, Canada.
WhitehouseA surname.
WhitehousianPrudish; morally censorious.
WhitehurstA surname from Old English.
WhiteinchA suburb in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS NS5367).
WhiteingA surname.
whiteiteA rare monoclinic hydrated phosphate mineral.
WhitelackingtonA village and civil parish (without a council) in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3815).
WhitelandA town in Johnson County, Indiana, United States.
whitelashA backlash by white people against other ethnicities.
WhitelawA surname from Old English.
WhiteleafA settlement next to Monks Risborough in Princes Risborough parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8104).
WhiteleasA suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3663)
WhiteleggA surname.
whitelessLacking white; (of the eyes) lacking (visible) whites.
whitelessnessThe absence of white people.
whiteletterA light roman and italic letterform favored by humanist scribes and typographers in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries.
WhiteleyA surname.
whitelikeResembling or characteristic of white people.
whitelimeWhitewash.
whitelipApplied to various marine creatures whose shell or mouth has a white edge.
whitelistA list or collection of people or entities that are known, trusted, or explicitly permitted.
whitelistedExplicitly and specifically approved by appearing on a whitelist, and therefore having greater access or preference.
WhitelockA surname.
WhitelowA surname.
whitelypale-facedly.
whitemailA tactic to resist hostile takeover, in which the target company sells discounted stock to a friendly third party.
WhitemanA surname.
whitemanityHumanity which excludes all people of color (and sometimes all women).
whitemanizeTo make (a Native American) act culturally white, or act in a way desired by white authorities.
WhitemarkA locality of Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia.
whitemetalledCoated with white metal.
WhitemoorThe location of a prison and the remains of a railway marshalling yard in March parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England; White Moor is an area of fenland to the west (OS grid ref TL4199).
WhitemoreA town in Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
whiten(To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
WhitenackA surname.
whitenatClipped compound of white nationalist.
whitenerAny substance used to whiten something; a bleach.
whitenessThe state or quality of being white (all senses).
WhitenightA surname from German.
whiteningA substance, such as a bleach, used to make something white or whiter.
whitenizationThe process, or the result, of whitenizing.
whitenizeTo adapt to the cultural norms of white people.
whitenoiseTo ignore or fail to comprehend (speech or language).
whitenoseDesignating various creatures with a white nose.
whiteoutA heavy snowstorm; a blizzard.
whitephobiaHatred for white people.
whitepotAn early form of bread and butter pudding, made with bone marrow or butter.
whitepoxA milder form of smallpox; alastrim.
whiteprintA reproduction of a document created by means of the diazo chemical process.
whiteprintingReproduction of documents by means of the diazo chemical process.
WhiterockAn earliest or lowermost stage of the Middle Ordovician.
WhiterockianSynonym of Whiterock.
whiterootThe plant Gouania lupuloides.
whiterumpA bird, the black-tailed godwit.
whitesA set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.
WhitesandsA village in Vanuatu.
WhitesboroAn unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
WhitesburgA small town in Carroll County, Georgia, United States.
whiteschistA metamorphic rock formed in high-pressure environments, composed principally of talc and kyanite.
WhiteselA surname.
WhitesellA surname.
whiteshiftThe demographic decline of white majorities in various Western jurisdictions.
WhiteshillA village in Whiteshill and Ruscombe parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8407).
WhiteshirtA surname.
WhitesideA village near Bathgate, West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS967966).
WhitesidesA surname.
whiteskinA white person.
whiteskinnedOf or relating to a white person.
whitesmithA person who forges things out of tin or pewter; a tinsmith.
whitesmithingThe trade of a whitesmith.
whitesnowDrymaria cordata, a sprawling plant native to Latin America and invasive in many other places.
whitesplainTo explain (something) condescendingly to one who is not white, especially regarding race relations or minority behavior, presuming the listener's inferior understanding because of their race.
whitesplainerA person who engages in whitesplaining.
whitesploitationA type of film that portrays white people in a stereotypical manner, intended to appeal to lurid or lowbrow tastes.
whitespotAplocheilus panchax, a species of common freshwater fish found in a large variety of habitats due to its high adaptability.
whitespottedHaving white spots
whitestartAny of various New World warblers in the family Parulidae, related to the redstarts but having extensive white and no red in their tails.
whitesterA bleacher or whitener of linen
whitestoneA light-coloured stone formerly used for scrubbing.
WhitestownA town in Boone County, Indiana.
whitestreamMainstream views or scholarship with a bias toward white people and their history.
whitetailA deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America.
whitethornCrataegus monogyna, a hawthorn species native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia.
whitethroatSylvia communis, a species of typical warbler.
whitetipThe oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus.
whitetopSynonym of covered wagon.
whitetopiaA white or white-majority suburb or community.
WhitetrashistanA region, or a notional country, inhabited by white trash.
whiteveinHaving white veins; applied to the perennial herb Pyrola picta.
WhitevilleAn unincorporated community in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States.
whitewallHaving white sidewalls (of a tyre/tire)
whitewareAny pottery of a white or nearly white colour.
whitewashA mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.
whitewashableSuitable for whitewashing.
whitewashedPainted with the temporary paint whitewash.
whitewasherOne who, or that which, whitewashes.
whitewashingThe application of whitewash.
whitewaterA census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
WhitewatergateThe Whitewater controversy, a US political scandal that began with the real-estate investments of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their associates in the Whitewater Development Corporation.
WhitewayAn eastern suburb of the City of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6373).
whiteweedoxeye daisy
WhitewellA hamlet in St Teath parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0580).
whitewingThe chaffinch.
whitewishingThe regarding of white people's norms as neutral and objective.
whitewoodTerminalia buceras (black olive, gregory wood), a Caribbean tree
whiteworkA form of embroidery in which the stitching is the same color as the foundation fabric (traditionally white linen).
whitewormA species of enchytraeid worm commonly used as feed for fish or birds, Enchytraeus albidus.
whitewortwild camomile (Matricaria recutita)
whiteyA white person, a person of Western European descent.
whiteysMen's or boys’ traditionally white briefs.
whiteywooda small type of New Zealand tree related to violets - Melicytus ramiflorus
WhitfieldA southern suburb of Glossop, High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK034938).
WhitfordA village in Shute parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2595).
WhitgiftA village in Twin Rivers parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8122).
WhitgiftianOf or relating to John Whitgift (c.1530–1604), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583, whose theological views were often controversial.
WhithamA surname.
whitherTo what place; where.
whithereverTo wherever; to whatever place.
whithersoSynonym of whithersoever.

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