whitehead

plural whiteheads

1. dermatologyA 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.

   Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom.

   1 more example

   Ma was taking a sterilized needle to a whitehead on my chin.

   2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 151

   Synonyms: closed comedo

2. A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla).
3. The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.
4. The surf scoter duck.
5. A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.

plural Whiteheads

1. countableuncountableA surname.
2. A place name:
   1. countableuncountableA small coastal town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; a headland there is named White Head (Irish grid ref J 4791).
   2. countableuncountableA rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Whitehead.
   3. countableuncountableA community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
   5. countableuncountableA township in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States.

plural Whiteheads

1. A form of self-propelling torpedo.