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Whiplash InjurynounMWEan injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)verified
Whisk FernnounMWEchiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal appearance resembling whisk broomsverified
Whispering BellsnounMWEviscid herb of arid or desert habitats of southwestern United States having pendulous yellow flowersverified
Whispering CampaignnounMWEthe organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidateverified
Whispering DomenounMWEa space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant pointsverified
Whispering GallerynounMWEa space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant pointsverified
Whistle BlowernounMWEan informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping itverified
Whistle StopnounMWEa small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signalverified
Whistle-Stop TournounMWEa tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visitedverified
White AdmiralnounMWENorth American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white bandverified
White AldernounMWEshrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowersverified
White Anglo-Saxon ProtestantnounMWEa white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denominationverified
White AshnounMWEsmall to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or stripsverified
White BirchnounMWEEuropean birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branchesverified
White CamasnounMWEplant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purpleverified
White CampionnounMWEbluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyxverified
White CedarnounMWEsmall evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchletsverified
White CinnamonnounMWEhighly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonicverified
White Cinnamon TreenounMWElarge evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymesverified
White ClovernounMWEcreeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leavesverified
White CocklenounMWEbluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyxverified
White DipladenianounMWEshrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throatsverified
White Dogtooth VioletnounMWENorth American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriorsverified
White ElmnounMWElarge ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North Americaverified
White Fairy LanternnounMWEglobe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowersverified
White FirnounMWEmedium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft woodverified
White FlagnounMWEflag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truceverified