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(Encyclopedia) White Sea, Rus. Beloye More, c.36,680 sq mi (95,000 sq km), NW European Russia, an inlet of the Barents Sea. Its northern section, opening into the Barents Sea between the Kola and…white shark
(Encyclopedia) white shark, large, ferocious shark, Carcharodon carcharias. Also known as the great white shark and maneater, this shark can attack swimmers and boats without provocation, though it…white snakeroot
(Encyclopedia) white snakeroot, North American woods perennial (Eupatorium urticifolium) of the family Asteraceae (aster family), having a flat-topped cluster of small white flowers. It is of the…white vitriol
(Encyclopedia) white vitriol: see zinc sulfate.white whale
(Encyclopedia) white whale: see beluga.Henry White Biography
Henry WhiteAge: 18 redshirt freshman linebacker on the Georgetown football team; killed in a car accident a day before his team was to play in NAIA championshipDied: Elizabethtown, Ky., Dec.…The Devil's Dictionary: White
by Ambrose Bierce WHEATWIDOWWHITE -adj. and n. Black.Brewer's: Century White
John White, the Nonconformist lawyer. So called from his chief publication, The First Century of Scandalous, Malignant Priests, made and admitted into Benefices by the Prelates, etc. (…Brewer's: White Bird
(The ). Conscience, or the soul of man. The Mahometans have preserved the old Roman idea in the doctrine that the souls of the just lie under the…Brewer's: White Caps
A rebellious party of zealous Mahometans, put down by Kienlong the Chinese emperor, in 1758. So called from their head-dress. White Caps…