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| palomino |
one of a breed of horses that has a golden or tan coat and a whitish mane and tail. |
| parsnip |
a carrotlike plant that bears yellow flowers and has a large, whitish, edible root. [1/2 definitions] |
| phosphorus |
a chemical element that has fifteen protons in each nucleus, that is found naturally only in compounds, esp. biologically essential compounds such as calcium phosphates and nucleotide phosphates, and that can be isolated in various allotropic forms, one of which is a poisonous whitish yellow solid that is luminous at room temperature because of slow oxidation. (symbol: P) [1/2 definitions] |
| pinesap |
a fleshy whitish or reddish plant belonging to the heath family that grows on tree roots or fallen tree trunks. |
| rough-legged hawk |
a type of large hawk with dark plumage and whitish feathers covering its legs. |
| scaup |
either of two wild diving ducks of North America, the males of which have a blackish head and tail and a whitish back. |
| sumac |
any of several small trees or shrubs bearing compound feathery leaves and clusters of red or whitish berries. (See poison sumac.) [1/2 definitions] |
| towhead |
a whitish blond head of hair resembling tow. [1/2 definitions] |
| turnip |
an edible plant with a large, usu. whitish root, and hairy leaves that are sometimes used as greens. [1/2 definitions] |
| upas |
a Javanese tree of the mulberry family, with whitish bark. [1/2 definitions] |
| walleye |
an eye that has a whitish cornea or appears to look away from the point of focus of the normal eye. [1/2 definitions] |
| walleyed |
having an eye with a whitish cornea. [1/4 definitions] |
| whitefly |
any of several small whitish insects that are often harmful to plants. |
| white gold |
any of several whitish-colored gold alloys containing nickel, platinum, or the like. |
| zebra |
any of various horselike mammals, native to Africa, that have black and white or dark brown stripes on a whitish body. |
| zinc oxide |
a whitish powder used as a pigment, in the manufacture of rubber articles and plastics, and in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. |
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