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whitehead

noun white·head \-ˌhed\

Definition of WHITEHEAD

:  a small whitish lump in the skin due to retention of keratin in an oil gland duct —called also milium
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First Known Use of WHITEHEAD

circa 1931

Rhymes with WHITEHEAD

abed, ahead, airhead, baldhead, beachhead, bedspread, bedstead, beebread, behead, bestead, bighead, biped, blackhead, blockhead, bloodred, bloodshed, bobsled, bonehead, brain-dead, break bread, bridgehead, brown bread, bulkhead, bullhead, catch dead, cathead, childbed, clubhead, coed, cokehead, corn bread, corn-fed, cowshed, crackhead, crispbread, crisphead, crossbred, crosshead, daybed, deadhead, death's-head, deathbed, dispread, dogsled, dopehead, drop-dead, drophead, drumhead, dumbhead, egghead, embed, far-red, farmstead, fathead, flatbed, forehead, foresaid, French bread, fry bread, Gateshead, gearhead, godhead, greenhead, half-bred, hardhead, highbred, hogshead, homebred, homestead, hophead, hotbed, hothead, ill-bred, inbred, instead, jarhead, juicehead, knock dead, lamed, light bread, lowbred, lunkhead, make head, masthead, meathead, moped, naled, outspread, packthread, phys ed, pinhead, pithead, point spread, pothead, premed, printhead, purebred, quick bread, railhead, redhead, red lead, re-tread, retread, roadbed, roadstead, Roundhead, saphead, scarehead, screw thread, seabed, seedbed, sheep ked, sheepshead, sheetfed, shewbread, shortbread, sickbed, skinhead, snowshed, softhead, sorehead, spearhead, spoon bread, springhead, steelhead, straightbred, streambed, subhead, sweetbread, swellhead, thickhead, toolshed, towhead, trailhead, Turk's head, unbred, undead, unread, unsaid, unthread, untread, Volstead, warhead, webfed, well-bred, wellhead, well-read, white-bread, white lead, widespread, wingspread, woodshed, woolshed

Whitehead

biographical name White·head \ˈhwīt-ˌhed, ˈwīt-\

Definition of WHITEHEAD

Alfred North 1861–1947 Eng. math. & philos.

Whitehead

biographical name

Definition of WHITEHEAD

William 1715–1785 Eng. dram.; poet laureate (1757–85)
Medical Dictionary

whitehead

noun white·head \-ˌhed\

Medical Definition of WHITEHEAD

:  milium

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