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- (from the article "swift") ...islands, nesting in caves and behind waterfalls. The white-rumped swift (Apus caffer), soft-tailed and black with white markings, is resident throughout Africa south of the Sahara. The white-throated swift (Aeronautes ...
- white-throated woodrat
- (from the article "woodrat") ...thick, soft fur varies among species from gray to reddish brown above and from white to rust-coloured on the underparts. Some populations of the desert woodrat (N. lepida) and the ...
- white-toothed shrew
- any of 164 species of mouse-sized African and Eurasian insectivores making up nearly half of the more than 325 species of true shrews (family Soricidae). No other genus of mammals ...
- white-whiskered puffbird
- (from the article "puffbird") The six or seven species of the genus Malacoptila are medium-sized brownish puffbirds, many with conspicuous patches of white on the face. The white-whiskered puffbird (M. panamensis) has the interesting ...
- white-winged chough
- (from the article "chough") ...inches) long and glossy blue-black; the former is red-billed, the latter yellow-billed. These choughs are gregarious, have whistling calls, and are aerial acrobats. In the family Grallinidae is the white-winged ...
- white-winged crossbill
- (from the article "crossbill") The spruce-loving white-winged crossbill (L. leucoptera) occurs throughout the colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It wanders widely, but when it finds a good crop of cones, it may nest ...
- white-winged scoter
- (from the article "scoter") ...breeds in the boreal forests and tundra of Canada and Alaska. It winters on coasts from Nova Scotia to Florida in the east and from the Aleutian Islands to southern ...
- white-winged vampire bat
- (from the article "vampire bat") any of three species of blood-eating bats, native to the New World tropics and subtropics. The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), together with the white-winged vampire bat (Diaemus, or Desmodus, ...
- whitebark pine
- (from the article "pine") North American stone pines are typically timberline species and are more important as protectors of valuable watersheds than for the timber they produce. The whitebark pine (P. albicaulis) extends along ...
- whitecap
- (from the article "wave") ...sharpen toward a point, a shape known as a conoidal wave. In deeper water the limiting height of a wave is one-seventh of its length. As it approaches this height ...
- Whiteface Mountain
- (from the article "Adirondack Mountains") ...in the state at 5,344 feet (1,629 metres), and Algonquin Peak of Mount McIntyre at 5,114 feet (1,559 metres). Although the peaks are primarily rounded in shape, several of the ...
- Whitefield, George
- Church of England evangelist who by his popular preaching stimulated the 18th-century Protestant revival throughout Britain and the British-American colonies. [5 Related Articles]
- whitefish
- any of several valuable, silvery food fishes (family Salmonidae, or in some classifications, Coregonidae), generally found in cold northern lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America, often in deep water. ... [1 Related Articles]
- Whitefish Bay
- southeastern arm of Lake Superior, the centre of which forms the border of Ontario (Can.) and Michigan (U.S.). The bay, 30 miles (48 km) long (northwest to southeast) and 15 ...
- whitefly
- any sap-sucking member of the insect family Aleyrodidae (order Homoptera). The nymphs, resembling scale insects, are flat, oval, and usually covered with a cottony substance; the adults, 2-3 mm (0.08-0.12 ... [2 Related Articles]
- Whitefriars Theatre
- private London playhouse located in the priory of the Whitefriars monastery on the north side of the River Thames. Michael Drayton and Thomas Woodford converted the refectory hall to a ...
- Whitehall
- street and locality in the City of Westminster, London. The street runs between Charing Cross and the Houses of Parliament. The name Whitehall also applies to the cluster of short ...
- Whitehall Palace
- former English royal residence located in Westminster, London, on a site between the Thames River and the present-day St. James's Park. York Place, the London residence of the archbishops of ... [2 Related Articles]
- Whitehaven
- Irish Sea port, Copeland district, administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Cumberland, England. The Lowther family created a new port there in the 17th century as an outlet for ... [1 Related Articles]
- Whitehead, Alfred North
- English mathematician and philosopher, who collaborated with Bertrand Russell on Principia Mathematica (1910-13) and, from the mid-1920s, taught at Harvard University and developed a comprehensive metaphysical theory. [26 Related Articles]
- Whitehead, Henry
- British mathematician who greatly influenced the development of homotopy.
- Whitehead, Robert
- British engineer who invented the modern torpedo. [2 Related Articles]
- Whitehead, Robert
- Canadian-born theatrical producer (b. March 3, 1916, Montreal, Que.-d. June 15, 2002, Pound Ridge, N.Y.), was honoured with a special Tony Award in 2002 for his nearly 60 years of ...
- Whitehead, William
- British poet laureate from 1757 to 1785.
- whiteheart malleable iron
- (from the article "iron processing") ...treatment. Such irons contain about 0.6 to 1.3 percent silicon, which is enough to promote cementite decomposition during the heat treatment but not enough to produce graphite flakes during casting. ...
- Whitehorse
- city and capital (since 1952) of the Yukon Territory, Canada, on the Yukon (Lewes) River just below Miles Canyon and the former Whitehorse Rapids (now submerged beneath Schwatka Lake, created ... [3 Related Articles]
- Whitehorse Hill
- (from the article "Vale of White Horse") ...The vale stretches 17 miles (27 km) from Shrivenham to Abingdon and is drained by the River Ock, a tributary of the Thames. At Uffington the hills reach an elevation ...
- Whitehouse, E. O. W.
- (from the article "Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron") The publication of Thomson's reply to Stokes prompted a rebuttal by E.O.W. Whitehouse, the Atlantic Telegraph Company's chief electrician. Whitehouse claimed that practical experience refuted Thomson's theoretical findings, and for ...
- Whitehouse, Mary Hutcheson
- British schoolteacher and campaigner (b. June 13, 1910, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Eng.-d. Nov. 23, 2001, Colchester, Eng.), was a founder (1964) and president of the Clean Up TV Campaign (later [1965] ...
- Whitelaw of Penrith in Cumbria, William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, Viscount
- British politician who was a longtime Tory MP (1955-83) and Cabinet minister, including noteworthy stints as the first secretary of state for Northern Ireland (1972-73) and home secretary (1979-83); he ...
- Whiteley, Brett
- Australian painter who was admired for the sensuous power of his paintings and his superb draftsmanship.
- Whiteley, Frank Yewell, Jr.
- American horse trainer spent 49 years (1936-84) as a trainer and conditioned such Thoroughbred champions as Tom Rolfe (1965 Preakness Stakes victor), Damascas (winner of 21 of 32 races, including ...
- Whiteley, Richard
- British television personality (b. Dec. 28, 1943, Bradford, West Yorkshire, Eng.-d. June 26, 2005, Leeds, Eng.), delighted children and adults alike with his genial nature, groan-inducing puns, and hundreds of ...
- Whitelocke, Bulstrode
- English republican lawyer, an influential figure in Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth regime.
- Whiteman, Paul
- American bandleader, called the "King of Jazz" for popularizing a musical style that helped to introduce jazz to mainstream audiences during the 1920s and 1930s. [5 Related Articles]
- Whiteman, Ridgley
- (from the article "Native American") ...of giant bison (Bison antiquus) were eroding out of a wash near Folsom, N.M.; an ancient spear point was later found embedded in the animal's skeleton. In ...
- whiteprint
- (from the article "blueprint") type of print used for copying engineering drawings and similar material. The name is popularly applied to two separate methods, more exactly designated as the blueprint and the whiteprint, or ...
- whites-only primary
- (from the article "Voting Rights Act") ...As whites came to dominate state legislatures once again, legislation was used to strictly circumscribe the right of African Americans to vote. Poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, whites-only primaries, ...
- whitethroat
- (Sylvia communis), typical Old World warbler of the family Sylviidae (order Passeriformes); it breeds in western Eurasia and northwestern Africa and winters in Africa and India. It is 14 cm ... [2 Related Articles]
- whitetip shark
- (from the article "shark") ...shark, whose erratic presence in American coastal waters has given rise to infrequent attacks along the California coast. Other sharks involved in attacks on humans are the tiger, bull, oceanic ...
- whiteware
- any of a broad class of ceramic products that are white to off-white in appearance and frequently contain a significant vitreous, or glassy, component. Including products as diverse as fine ... [2 Related Articles]
- Whitewater affair
- (from the article "United States") During Clinton's first term Attorney General Reno approved an investigation into Clinton's business dealings in Arkansas. The resulting inquiry, known as Whitewater-the name of the housing development corporation at the ...
- Whitewater Baldy Peak
- (from the article "Mogollon Mountains") mountain range extending for 50 miles (80 km) east of the San Francisco River in southwestern New Mexico, U.S. Topped by Whitewater Baldy Peak (10,892 feet [3,320 metres]), the mountains ...
- Whitewater Drought
- (from the article "Great Drought") ...of several major periods of drought that have affected the same region in the past three millennia. Other periods of drought that have been identified are the Fairbank Drought of ...
- whitework
- embroidery worked in white thread on white material, originated in India and China and popular in the West since the Middle Ages as decoration for personal, table, and various church ...
- Whitfeld six
- (from the article "bridge") The most famous of all double-dummy problems was proposed by W.H. Whitfeld, a mathematician at the University of Cambridge, in 1885 and is called the Whitfeld six because each hand ...
- Whitfield, Fred
- (from the article "Rodeo") PRCA ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee Fred Whitfield of Hockley, Texas, with earnings of $168,782 for the year, added another award to his list of professional accomplishments, staving off fellow ...
- Whitfield, Mal
- American middle-distance runner, world-record holder for the 880-yard race (1950-54), for the 1,000-metre race (1953), and as a member of the U.S. team for the 4 × 440-yard relay race ... [1 Related Articles]
- Whitfield, Norman Jesse
- American songwriter and producer helped shape the sound of the music of label Motown Records in the 1960s and '70s, co-writing (often with Barrett Strong), arranging, and producing many of ...
- Whitgift, John
- archbishop of Canterbury who did much to strengthen the Anglican church during the last years of Elizabeth I and to secure its acceptance by her successor, James I. He was ... [3 Related Articles]
- Whithorn
- royal burgh (town) in Dumfries and Galloway region, historic county of Wigtownshire, southwestern Scotland. It lies on the peninsula between Luce and Wigtown bays. One of the oldest Christian centres ... [1 Related Articles]
- whiting
- (species Gadus, or Merlangius, merlangus), common marine food fish of the cod family, Gadidae. The whiting is found in European waters and is especially abundant in the North Sea. It ... [2 Related Articles]
- whiting
- (from the article "putty") ...calcium carbonate) and boiled linseed oil. It is beaten or kneaded to the consistency of dough and is used to secure sheets of glass in sashes, to stop crevices in ...
- Whiting, Beatrice B.
- (from the article "personality") ...disorders, which consist of persistent lying, stealing, vandalism, and fighting, although these differences do not appear until after about the age of three. A study by the American anthropologists Beatrice ...
- Whiting, J. M.
- (from the article "rite of passage") ...scars) of males in rites at coming-of-age as symbolic wounds indicating subconscious male envy of the vagina, the counterpart of Freud's idea of penis envy. A psychologically oriented anthropologist J.M. ...
- Whiting, John Robert
- playwright whose intellectually demanding dramas avoided the audience-pleasing formulas current in the early 1950s and paved the way for the revolution in English drama that took place in mid-decade.
- Whitlam, Gough
- Australian politician and lawyer whose unsuccessful premiership (1972-75) of his country ended when he was dismissed by the governor-general. [2 Related Articles]
- Whitley Council
- in Great Britain, any of the bodies made up of representatives of labour and management for the promotion of better industrial relations. An original series of councils, named for J.H. ... [1 Related Articles]
- Whitley, Chris
- American singer-songwriter (b. Aug. 31, 1960, Houston, Texas-d. Nov. 20, 2005, Houston), experimented with a wide variety of musical genres (from blues and folk to grunge and electronica) but arrived ...
- Whitley, H. J.
- (from the article "Hollywood") ...Hollywood was laid out as a real-estate subdivision in 1887 by Harvey Wilcox, a prohibitionist from Kansas who envisioned a community based on his sober religious principles. Real-estate magnate H.J. ...
- Whitlock, Albert
- (from the article "motion-picture technology") To reduce the graininess that each generation of film adds to the original, concerns such as George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic produce their effects on 65-mm film. Others, notably ...
- Whitlock, Brand
- (from the article "muckraker") ...Many (1907), the latter reporting methods being tried to extend democracy in other countries. Lincoln Steffens wrote on corrupt city and state politics in The Shame of the Cities (1904). ...
- Whitlock, Elizabeth
- nee Kemble noted actress in England and the United States.
- Whitlock, Tom
- (from the article "1986: Other Winners") ...Room with a ViewOriginal Score: Herbie Hancock for "Round Midnight"Original Song: "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun; music by Giorgio Moroder, lyrics by Tom WhitlockHonorary Award: Ralph Bellamy and ...
- whitlow grass
- any plant belonging to either of two genera (Erophila and Draba), of the mustard family (Brassicaceae); some authorities believe that all these plants belong to one genus, Draba. The genus ...
- Whitman
- town (township), Plymouth county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., just east of Brockton. The site was settled about 1670, and the town of South Abington (or Little Comfort) was formed and incorporated ...
- Whitman Massacre
- (from the article "Whitman, Marcus") ...sorcery, in order to remove the Indians to make way for white settlers. On Nov. 29, 1847, the Indians attacked, killing 14 whites, including the Whitmans, and kidnapping 53 women ...
- Whitman, Albery Allson
- (from the article "African American literature") African American poetry developed along two paths after 1880. The traditionalists were led by Albery Allson Whitman, who made his fame among black readers with two book-length epic poems,
- Whitman, Marcus
- American physician, Congregational missionary to the Indians in the territories of present-day Washington and Oregon, and a pioneer who helped open the Pacific Northwest to settlement. [2 Related Articles]
- Whitman, Meg
- During a year when many Internet ventures had either failed or were struggling to survive, the on-line auction firm eBay Inc. continued to flourish in 2001. At the head of ...
- Whitman, Narcissa
- (from the article "Whitman, Marcus") ...of present-day Wyoming greatly encouraged the missionaries. Parker continued west, while Whitman returned to New York for additional recruits and assistance. There he married his fiancee, Narcissa Prentiss, who was ...
- Whitman, Sarah Helen Power
- American poet and essayist, noted for her literary criticism and perhaps best remembered for her alliance with and scholarly defense of Edgar Allan Poe.
- Whitman, Walt
- American poet, journalist, and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass is a landmark in the history of American literature. [9 Related Articles]
- Whitmonday
- (from the article "bank holiday") ...they were further reduced to four: Good Friday, May 1, November 1, and Christmas Day. By the act of 1871, the following were constituted bank holidays in England, Wales, and ...
- Whitney Biennial
- (from the article "Art and Art Exhibitions") The title of a New York Times review by Michael Kimmelman, "Short on Pretty, Long on Collaboration," summed up the tenor of the 2006 Whitney Biennial exhibition-a show with a ...
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- collection in New York City of predominantly 20th-century American art, including painting, sculpture, and graphics. It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, a sculptor and promoter of American ... [6 Related Articles]
- Whitney v. California
- (from the article "Brandeis, Louis") ...legislatures must be able to make laws suited to varied and changing needs, but he wished to restrict them when they interfered with the freedom to express ideas. In the ...
- Whitney, Adeline Dutton Train
- American writer whose books, largely for young people, reflected her belief that the home was the ultimate key to virtue.
- Whitney, Anne
- American sculptor whose life-size statues and portrait busts frequently addressed abolitionist and feminist concerns.
- Whitney, Asa
- (from the article "railroad") The first public proposal for such a line was made by the New York City merchant Asa Whitney in 1844. At that time the United States did not hold outright ...
- Whitney, Caspar
- (from the article "Camp, Walter") From 1889 through 1897, Camp and Caspar Whitney collaborated in choosing the annual All-America football team, an idea that seems to have originated with Whitney. From 1898 through 1924, the ...
- Whitney, Charlotte Anita
- American suffragist and political radical who was prominent in the founding and early activities of the Communist Party in the United States.
- Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt
- American businessman who turned inherited wealth and a variety of interests into significant achievements in business and public service.
- Whitney, Eli
- American inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer, best remembered as the inventor of the cotton gin but most important for developing the concept of mass production of interchangeable parts. [7 Related Articles]
- Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt
- American sculptor and art patron, founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. [1 Related Articles]
- Whitney, John Hay
- American multimillionaire and sportsman who had a multifaceted career as a publisher, financier, philanthropist, and horse breeder.
- Whitney, Mary Watson
- American astronomer who built Vassar College's research program in astronomy into one of the nation's finest.
- Whitney, Mount
- highest peak (14,494 feet [4,418 metres] above sea level) in the 48 coterminous U.S. states. It is the culminating summit of the Sierra Nevada. In eastern California on the Inyo-Tulare ... [4 Related Articles]
- Whitney, Phyllis Ayame
- American author who wrote for both juvenile and adult audiences-largely mysteries and maturation stories for the former and romantic mysteries for the latter. [1 Related Articles]
- Whitney, Ruth Reinke
- American editor who served as editor in chief of Glamour magazine from 1967 to 1998; during that time she introduced women's social and health issues into the magazine's fashion pages, ...
- Whitney, William C.
- U.S. secretary of the navy (1885-89) who played a major role in the post-Civil War rebuilding of the navy.
- Whitney, William Dwight
- American linguist and one of the foremost Sanskrit scholars of his time, noted especially for his classic work, Sanskrit Grammar (1879). [3 Related Articles]
- Whitney, Willis Rodney
- American chemist and founder of the General Electric Company's research laboratory, where he directed pioneering work in electrical technology and was credited with setting the pattern for industrial scientific laboratory ...
- Whitstable
- town east of the Isle of Sheppey on the Thames Estuary shore in the city (district) of Canterbury, administrative and historic county of Kent, southeastern England. From Roman times it ...
- Whitsunday Island
- largest of the Cumberland Islands, lying 6 miles (10 km) off the northeastern coast of Queensland, Australia, in the Coral Sea. An inshore, coral-fringed continental island, it measures 12 by ...
- Whitsunday, Mount
- (from the article "Whitsunday Island") ...the Coral Sea. An inshore, coral-fringed continental island, it measures 12 by 8 miles (19 by 13 km), has an area of 42 square miles (109 square km), and rises ...
- Whittaker, Charles E.
- associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1957-62).
- Whittaker, Sir Edmund Taylor
- English mathematician who made pioneering contributions to the area of special functions, which is of particular interest in mathematical physics.
- Whittelsey, Abigail Goodrich
- American editor whose mission in her magazine work was to provide information and instruction on the role of mothers.
- Whittemore, Reed
- American teacher and poet noted for his free-flowing ironic verse.
- Whittier
- city, Los Angeles county, southern California, U.S. It lies at the foot of the Puente Hills, about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of the city centre of Los Angeles. Part ...
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