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A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia.

• WHITEFOOT
  A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.
• WHITEWATER
  A dangerous disease of sheep.
• Mineralizing
  of Mineralize
• White-face
  A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.
• Whiteness
  The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
• White-water
  A dangerous disease of sheep.
• WHITEFRIAR
  A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.
• Colorless
  Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.
• Mineralize
  To transform into a mineral.
• 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.
• WHITEFRONTED
  Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose (Zoöl.), the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.
• Cleavable
  Capable of cleaving or being divided.
• Mineralizer
  An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.
• Whiteback
  The canvasback.

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