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White Fringed OrchidnounMWEbog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowersverified
White Fringed OrchisnounMWEbog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowersverified
White FritillarynounMWECalifornia herb with white conic or bell-shaped flowers usually tinged with greenverified
White FungusnounMWEa fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)verified
White GoodsnounMWElarge electrical home appliances, such as refrigerators or washing machines, that are typically finished in white enamelverified
White HeathernounMWEheath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowersverified
White HelleborenounMWENorth American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemesverified
White HoneysucklenounMWEshrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckleverified
White HorehoundnounMWEEuropean aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymesverified
White Horse NettlenounMWEweedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowersverified
White Lead OrenounMWEa mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of leadverified
White LettucenounMWEherb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowersverified
White LilynounMWElily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowersverified
White LupinenounMWEwhite-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion controlverified
White MallownounMWEEuropean perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowersverified
White Man's BurdennounMWEthe supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjectsverified
White MangrovenounMWEshrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical Americaverified
White MatternounMWEwhitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheathsverified
White Mountain AshnounMWElarge tree with dark compact bark on lower trunk but smooth and white aboveverified
White NoisenounMWEa noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibrationverified
White OaknounMWEany of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leafverified
White PagesnounMWEa telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on white paper) where the names of people are listed alphabetically along with their telephone numbersverified
White PinenounMWEany of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when youngverified
White Pine Blister RustnounMWEany of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externallyverified
White PopinacnounMWElow scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened podsverified
White PotatonounMWEannual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubersverified
White Potato VinenounMWEannual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubersverified
White SeparatismnounMWEa social system in which white people live separately from members of other racesverified
White SeparatistnounMWEsomeone who advocates a society in which white people live separately from members of other racesverified
White Silk-Cotton TreenounMWEmassive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky flossverified
White Spanish BroomnounMWElow European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowersverified
White SprucenounMWEmedium-sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue-green leaves and slender conesverified
White SturgeonnounMWEfood and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North Americaverified
White SupremacynounMWEthe prejudice that members of the white race are superior to members of other racesverified
White TeamnounMWE1. The group responsible for refereeing an engagement between a Red Team of mock attackers and a Blue Team of actual defenders of their enterprise’s use of information systems. In an exercise, the White Team acts as the judges, enforces the rules of the exercise, observes the exercise, scores teams, resolves any problems that may arise, handles all requests for information or questions, and ensures that the competition runs fairly and does not cause operational problems for the defender's mission. The White Team helps to establish the rules of engagement, the metrics for assessing results and the procedures for providing operational security for the engagement. The White Team normally has responsibility for deriving lessons-learned, conducting the post engagement assessment, and promulgating results. 2. Can also refer to a small group of people who have prior knowledge of unannounced Red Team activities. The White Team acts as observers during the Red Team activity and ensures the scope of testing does not exceed a predefined threshold.verified
White ThistlenounMWEany plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and podsverified
White TitinounMWEshrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazilverified