Whitehead
nounEtymology From white + head.
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A form of self-propelling torpedo.
whitehead
nounalso spelled WhiteheadEtymology From white + head.
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Dermatology, Medicine, Sciences A 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.
- Ma was taking a sterilized needle to a whitehead on my chin.2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 151:
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A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla).
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The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.
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The surf scoter duck.
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A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.
- Derived terms
- like a whitehead, whiteheaded