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Paraffine :: Paraffine (n.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or

Prian :: Prian (n.) A fine, white, somewhat friable clay; also, the ore contained in a mixture of clay and pebbles..

Wurraluh :: Wurraluh (n.) The Australian white-quilled honey eater (Entomyza albipennis).

Trout-colored :: Trout-colored (a.) White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a trout-colored horse..

Magnesite :: Magnesite (n.) Native magnesium carbonate occurring in white compact or granular masses, and also in rhombohedral crystals..

Marena :: Marena (n.) A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus.

Cacholong :: Cacholong (n.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal..

Canescent :: Canescent (a.) Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white..

Acolyctine :: Acolyctine (n.) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum..

Bobwhite :: Bobwhite (n.) The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note..

Epacris :: Epacris (n.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths..

Whitehead :: Whitehead (n.) The blue-winged snow goose.

Octoroon :: Octoroon (n.) The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee.

Sorbite :: Sorbite (n.) A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance..

Gallium :: Gallium (n.) A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarcable for its low melting point (86/ F., 30/C). Symbol Ga. Atomic weight 69.9..

Kingbird :: Kingbird (n.) A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show

Whited :: Whited (imp. & p. p.) of Whit.

Sea Trout :: Sea trout () A California sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); -- called also white sea bass.

Pearlash :: Pearlash (n.) A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc..

Umbelliferone :: Umbelliferone (n.) A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin..

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