whitehead

[ hwahyt-hed, wahyt- ]

/ ˈʰwaɪtˌhɛd, ˈwaɪt- /

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noun

a small pimple having a white or yellowish head; milium.

Nearby words

whitefish, whitefish bay, whitefly, whitefriars, whitehall, whitehead, whitehead's operation, whitehead, alfred north, whitehorse, whitelash, whitelaw

Origin of whitehead

First recorded in 1930–35; white + head

Definition for whitehead (2 of 2)

Whitehead

[ hwahyt-hed, wahyt- ]

/ ˈʰwaɪtˌhɛd, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

Alfred North,1861–1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924.

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Michael Lind is the Whitehead Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation.
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Before the end of the first half, Whitehead had put in four substitutes.
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Dr. Whitehead had given his orders—Mother must have change of air at once, and they were all going to Clifton for two months.
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They were not keen to confront Pope himself, but Whitehead presented a less formidable opponent.
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British Dictionary definitions for whitehead

Whitehead

/ (ˈwaɪtˌhɛd) /

noun

Alfred North. 1861–1947, English mathematician and philosopher, who collaborated with Bertrand Russell in writing Principia Mathematica (1910–13), and developed a holistic philosophy of science, chiefly in Process and Reality (1929)

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Medicine definitions for whitehead

whitehead

[ wīt′hĕd′ ]

n.

A tiny epidermal cystlike mass with a narrow or obstructed opening on the skin surface, which may rupture, caused by the retention of secretions of a sebaceous gland.closed comedo

milium