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A hydrous phosphate of alumina, occurring usually in hemispherical radiated forms varying in color from white to yellow, green, or black.

• Blackpoll
  A warbler of the United States (Dendroica striata).
• Whitester
  A bleacher of linen; a whitener; a whitster.
• Blackwood
  A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia.
• Yellowed
  of Yellow
• Colorless
  Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.
• Yellowseed
  A kind of pepper grass (Lepidium campestre).
• Greengage
  A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.
• BLACKFLAGS
  An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their hos
• Greenshank
  A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.
• BLACKWASHBLACKWASH
  A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water. 2. A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny. To remove as far as he can the modern layers of black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul, be seen. C. Kingsley.
• Blackberry
  The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; R. villosus and R. Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.
• Radiating
  of Radiate
• WHITEFACE
  A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.
• Blackfeet
  A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much reduced in numbers.
• Whitebelly
  The American widgeon, or baldpate.
• WHITESLAVER
  A person engaged in procuring or holding a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.
• Black lead
  Plumbago; graphite. It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.
• Whitehead
  The blue-winged snow goose.
• Black pudding
  A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal.
• Whitetail
  The Virginia deer.

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