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The pied antelope of South Africa (Alcelaphus pygarga). Its face and rump are white. Called also nunni.

• WHITEFLY
  Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.
• Callosan
  Of the callosum.
• WHITESLAVING
  The action of one who procures or holds a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.
• Southeast
  The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.
• Southness
  A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole.
• Whitefish
  Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species (C. clupeiformis) is ab
• White-pot
  A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot.
• Whiteweed
  A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.
• Callidity
  Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness.
• WHITEFOOT
  A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.
• Callose
  Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
• WHITEWATER
  A dangerous disease of sheep.
• Southeaster
  A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast.
• Southren
  Southern.
• Whiteback
  The canvasback.
• Whiteflaw
  A whitlow.
• Whiterump
  The American black-tailed godwit.
• Whitewing
  The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing.
• Calligrapher
  One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.

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