fringe tree: The white fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) from southeastern North America, reaches about 10 metres (33 feet) in height. The Chinese fringe tree (C. retusus) seldom reaches more than 6 metres (20 feet).

ginger lily: Major species: coronarium, known as white ginger lily, and the yellow-flowered H. flavum, or yellow butterfly ginger, are commonly used in the leis of Hawaii. Spiked ginger lily (H. spicatum) has heavily perfumed flowers and is used in traditional and Ayurvedic medicine.

polyvinyl acetate: …common household adhesive known as white glue or Elmer’s glue.

The White Goddess, scholarly work by Robert Graves, published in 1948 and revised in 1952 and 1961. Graves’s controversial and unorthodox theories of mythology, part invention and part based on his research into pre-Classical religions, shocked many because of their basic feminist premise.

The White Goddess, scholarly work by Robert Graves, published in 1948 and revised in 1952 and 1961. Graves’s controversial and unorthodox theories of mythology, part invention and part based on his research into pre-Classical religions, shocked many because of their basic feminist premise.

spiderwort: Major species: White velvet, or white-gossamer (T. sillamontana), has leaves and stems covered with a whitish fuzz. Flowering inch plant (T. cerinthoides), with leaves green and smooth above and purplish and fuzzy beneath, has purplish hairy blossoms. T.×andersoniana comprises a complex series of garden hybrids. Also grown…

wax gourd, (Benincasa hispida), fleshy vine of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), grown for its edible fruits. The wax gourd is native to tropical Asia, where it is commonly used in soups, curries, and stir-fries and is sometimes made into a beverage. Like other gourds, the fruit has a long shelf

Granite City: …base for the production of graniteware (enameled ironware), and the city was founded four years later. Although graniteware gave the city its name, the product is no longer manufactured there. Steel founding began in Granite City in 1894 and is the basis of the economy. The manufacture of automotive parts…

grease: White grease is made from inedible hog fat and has a low content of free fatty acids. Yellow grease is made from darker parts of the hog and may include parts used to make white grease. Brown grease contains beef and mutton fats as well…

June bug: June bug larvae, called white grubs, are about 25 mm (1 inch) long and live in the soil. They can destroy crops (e.g., corn [maize], small grains, potatoes, and strawberries), and they can kill lawns and pastures by severing grasses from their roots.

Mikhail Bulgakov: …the novel Belaya gvardiya (The White Guard), serialized in 1925 but never published in book form. A realistic and sympathetic portrayal of the motives and behaviour of a group of anti-Bolshevik White officers during the civil war, it was met by a storm of official criticism for its lack…

Florence: The early period: …merchants), the latter by the Whites (Bianchi; the lesser citizens).

hake: …of this genus include the white hake (U. tenuis) and the red hake (U. chuss).

White Heat, American crime film released in 1949 that is considered the definitive James Cagney vehicle and perhaps the best of the Warner Brothers crime dramas. Cody Jarrett (played by Cagney) is a cold-blooded killer who has an uncomfortable oedipal relationship with his domineering mother

heath: The white, or tree, heath, or giant heather (E. arborea), found in the Mediterranean region and parts of Africa, is the source of briar root, used for making briarwood pipes. Some southern African species (e.g., E. melanthera, E. verticillata, and E. ventricosa) are cultivated in cool…

cricket: Women’s cricket: In 1887 the first club, White Heather, was formed, and it survived to 1957. In 1890 two professional teams known collectively as the Original English Lady Cricketers were in action.

helleborine: …most common British species is large white helleborine (C. damasonium). It has many long thick roots. The petals are borne close together, giving the flower a closed appearance. Large white helleborine is self-pollinating and hence does not require the action of an insect as do most other helleborines.

henbane: muticus) and white henbane (H. albus), yield three medicinal alkaloids—atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine—that can be purified for use in pharmaceuticals. The plants also are sometimes used in herbal and folk medicine. The leaves are used in illicit preparations of smoking mixtures and, in India, as a

White Heron Castle, castle in Himeji, Japan, that was built in the 14th century and reconstructed in 1577. It is also known as Shirasagi-jo or Shirasagi Castle, from the Japanese word shirasagi (“egret”). Built on Mount Himeyama, the castle was originally a fortification for the Akamatsu clan

Hmong: …in Southeast Asia are the White Hmong and the Green Hmong, which may refer to the colour of women’s clothing. The White Hmong and the Green Hmong traditionally lived in separate villages, rarely intermarried, spoke different dialects, had different forms of women’s dress, and lived in houses of different architectural…

Hmong-Mien languages: Grammar and vocabulary: …also common, as in the White Hmong phrase /ntau ntau/ ‘very much,’ from the adverb /ntau/ ‘much.’

Louis II: But the triumph of the White Hoods, as the popular party was called, was of short duration. On Nov. 27, 1382, Artevelde suffered a crushing defeat from a large French army at Roosebeke and was himself slain. Louis of Mâle died two years later, leaving his only daughter Margaret, duchess…

history of Central Asia: Mongol rule: Hereditary ruler of the White Horde, its pastures located in western Siberia and extending to the lower reaches of the Syr Darya, Tokhtamysh was able to enlarge his power base by uniting its resources with those of the Golden Horde, of which he eventually made himself master. He thus…

horehound, (Marrubium vulgare), bitter perennial herb of the mint family (Lamiaceae), native to Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia. The plant has naturalized throughout much of North and South America and is considered an invasive species in parts of Australia and New Zealand. The leaves and

John Constable: London of John Constable: 2-foot) Stour scene The White Horse, which he showed at the 1819 Royal Academy exhibit, attracted public attention, generated critical approval, and helped bring about his election to become an Associate of the Royal Academy.

Vale of White Horse, district, administrative county of Oxfordshire, historic county of Berkshire, England, lying southwest of Oxford. It encompasses the northern part of the historic county of Berkshire. The administrative centre is Abingdon. The district’s principal feature is a rich clay valley

Alice Hoffman: …on Long Island, New York; White Horses (1982), which concerns a girl’s struggle to rid herself of incestuous feelings for her elder brother; and Illumination Night (1987), the story of a young couple whose marriage is challenged by a teenage girl.

D.M. Thomas: …best known for his novel The White Hotel (1981), in which fantasy and psychological insight are mingled.

White House, the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. It is perhaps the most famous and easily recognizable house in the world, serving as both the home and workplace of the president and the headquarters of the

James McNeill Whistler: The move to London: …of his charming home, the White House in Chelsea. He went to Venice with his mistress, Maud Franklin. He remained there for 14 months and soon became a center of attraction among the many foreign artists who congregated in the city. He seldom painted in oils there, however, and spent…

White House press corps: The White House Correspondents’ Association, which began in 1914 as a social organization with 11 members, acted as a screening mechanism for admission to the president’s press conferences. The impetus was President Wilson’s threat to cease his press meetings after several journalists published his “off-the-record” comments…

Lady Bird Johnson: …the basis of her book, A White House Diary (1970), which was one of the most complete and revealing accounts ever left by a president’s wife.

Jamie Foxx: …attack in the action entertainment White House Down (2013) and the villain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). Foxx next portrayed a New York City mayoral candidate who takes a shine to the titular orphan in a remake (2014) of the classic musical Annie (1976). His film credits from…

John Drew, Sr.: …Gerald Pepper in Samuel Lover’s White House of the Peppers.

G. Gordon Liddy: Career: …by actors Justin Theroux in White House Plumbers (2023) and Shea Whigham in Gaslit (2022).

White House press corps, group of journalists from various news media who are based in offices within the White House and primarily cover the presidency of the United States. In covering the president (and other administration officials), they rely on daily briefings and news releases for

White House press secretary, senior U.S. official who oversees the communication of the executive branch of the U.S. government and who communicates on behalf of the U.S. president across print, broadcast, and Internet channels. The White House press secretary is appointed by the president. The

White House press secretary, senior U.S. official who oversees the communication of the executive branch of the U.S. government and who communicates on behalf of the U.S. president across print, broadcast, and Internet channels. The White House press secretary is appointed by the president. The

White House press secretary, senior U.S. official who oversees the communication of the executive branch of the U.S. government and who communicates on behalf of the U.S. president across print, broadcast, and Internet channels. The White House press secretary is appointed by the president. The

White House press secretary, senior U.S. official who oversees the communication of the executive branch of the U.S. government and who communicates on behalf of the U.S. president across print, broadcast, and Internet channels. The White House press secretary is appointed by the president. The

Thomas Girtin: …in such late works as The White House, Chelsea (1800).

Hephthalite, member of a people important in the history of India and Persia during the 5th and 6th centuries ce. According to Chinese chronicles, they were originally a tribe living to the north of the Great Wall and were known as Hoa or Hoadun. Elsewhere they were called White Huns or Hunas. They

James Bridges: …years later Clint Eastwood directed White Hunter, Black Heart, which was based on a script cowritten by Bridges. Diagnosed with cancer, Bridges died in 1993. In 1999 the main screening venue of the UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media was renamed the James Bridges Theater.

ibis: …northern South America, and the white ibis (E. albus) ranges in Central and North America.

cast iron: …either so-called gray iron or white iron, the colours shown by fracture. Gray iron contains more silicon and is less hard and more machinable than is white iron. Both are brittle, but a malleable cast iron produced by a prolonged heat treatment was developed in France in the 18th century,…

eucalyptus: Major species and uses: diversicolor); Tasmanian bluegum; white ironbark, or yellow gum (E. leucoxylon); jarrah (E. marginata); messmate stringybark (E. obliqua); red mahogany (E. resinifera); northern gray ironbark; and others. The bark of many species is used in papermaking and tanning.

White Island volcanic eruption of 2019, volcanic eruption on December 9, 2019, on Whakaari/White Island, located off the coast of eastern North Island, New Zealand, which resulted in the deaths of 22 individuals and injured numerous others. At the time of the eruption, 47 people (adventure tourists

James Ellroy: Confidential (1990; film 1997), and White Jazz (1992). Perfidia (2014) was the first volume in his second L.A. Quartet. The novel, which chronologically precedes the events of the earlier series, features many of the same characters and evokes a similarly penumbral view of Los Angeles. The story continues in This…

Cochin Jews: …division into three castelike groups—the Paradesis (White Jews), the Malabaris (Black Jews), and the Meshuchrarim (Brown Jews). Whereas they once numbered in the thousands, only about 50 Cochin Jews remained on the Malabar Coast in the early 21st century.

jute: capsularis, or white jute, and C. olitorius, including both tossa and daisee varieties—belonging to the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), and their fibre. The latter is a bast fibre; i.e., it is obtained from the inner bast tissue of the bark of the plant’s stem. Jute fibre’s…

Karen: …into two main groups: the White Karen and the Red Karen. The White Karen consist of the Sgaw and Pwo peoples, who typically live in lowland areas along river valleys, where they practice a mix of Christianity and traditional animism. The Red Karen, consisting of groups such as the Bre,…

Maximilian I: Legacy of Maximilian I: but wrote two poetical allegories, Weisskunig (“White King”) and Theuerdank (both largely autobiographical), and the Geheimes Jagdbuch, a treatise on hunting, and kept a bevy of poets and artists busy with projects that glorified his reign. His military talents were considerable and led him to use war to attain his…

SpaceShipOne: …SS1, a launch aircraft called White Knight (WK), a hybrid rocket engine system using rubber and liquid nitrous oxide as the fuels, and an avionics suite. Scaled Composites had previously developed dozens of unique composite material aircraft.

François-Adrien Boieldieu: …Riding Hood”), and his masterpiece, La Dame blanche (1825; “The White Lady”). Composed on a libretto by Eugène Scribe, derived from Sir Walter Scott’s novels The Lady of the Lake, Guy Mannering, and Monastery, it had received 1,700 performances by 1914. Boieldieu’s work illustrates the evolution of French operatic music…

Russia: Lakes: …these reach considerable size, notably Beloye (White) Lake and Lakes Top, Vyg, and Ilmen, each occupying more than 400 square miles (1,000 square km) in the European northwest, and Lake Chany (770 square miles [1,990 square km]) in southwestern Siberia.

white lead, any of several white pigments used in exterior paints and containing inorganic compounds of lead

leghorn: …the 12 varieties, the single-comb White Leghorn is more popular than all the other leghorns combined; the leading egg producer of the world, it lays white eggs and is kept in large numbers in England, Canada, Australia, and the United States.

prism: …ordinary triangular prism can separate white light into its constituent colours, called a spectrum. Each colour, or wavelength, making up the white light is bent, or refracted, a different amount; the shorter wavelengths (those toward the violet end of the spectrum) are bent the most, and the longer wavelengths (those…

Jackson Pollock: Poured works of Jackson Pollock: …produce important paintings such as White Light (1954) and Scent (1955) in his last years. He died in an automobile accident in the summer of 1956.

the Velvet Underground: …1968, after the release of White Light/White Heat, an album of extraordinary proto-punk ferocity. The 1950s rhythm-and-blues balladry and pop classicism that subtly flavoured Reed’s songwriting blossomed on The Velvet Underground (1969) and Loaded (1970). But the strain of commercial failure led Reed to quit in August 1970. A version…

Moonshine is a term typically used to refer to illicitly distilled liquor. The word is derived from the notion of the liquor being made and distributed at night, under cover of darkness. Makers of moonshine are called moonshiners. Moonshine most commonly denotes clear, unaged whiskey that was made

George Jones: …reach number one was “White Lightning” (1959), a raucous novelty song written by his friend the rock-and-roll deejay, songwriter, and recording artist known as the Big Bopper. Other chart-toppers were “Tender Years” (1961) and “She Thinks I Still Care” (1962).

China: Social organization: White Lotus sectarianism appealed to other Chinese, most notably to women and to the poor, who found solace in worship of the Eternal Mother, who was to gather all her children at the millennium into one family. The Qing state banned the religion, and it…

White Lotus Rebellion, (1796–1804), large-scale uprising in the mountainous regions of central China that contributed to the decline of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12). The White Lotus society (Bailianjiao) was a religious cult already in existence in the Nan (Southern) Song dynasty (1127–1279).

F. Murray Abraham: …season of the anthology series The White Lotus, portraying a flirtatious grandfather on vacation with his son and grandson.

asbestosis, lung disease that is caused by the prolonged inhalation of asbestos fibres. A type of pneumoconiosis, it is found primarily among workers whose occupations involved asbestos, principally mining, construction, and the manufacture of insulation, fireproofing, cement products, and

lupine: Major species: White lupine, or wolf bean (L. albus), is cultivated for forage and as a cover crop to increase soil nitrogen.

Middle Eastern religion: The role of magic: White, or protective, magic was never seriously discouraged. Black, or destructive, magic was frowned on by organized society, regardless of whether the official religion was monotheistic or polytheistic, because black magic makes its victims unfit for functioning productively in society. Section II of the Babylonian…

primavera, (species Cybistax donnel-smithii), timber tree of Central America with brilliant yellow flowers, or its firm light wood, often called white mahogany. Although the tree is unrelated to true mahogany, the wood resembles it in being easy to work, lustrous, and free of tendency to warp. When

Richard Wright: …writings of that period was White Man, Listen! (1957), which was originally a series of lectures given in Europe. Eight Men, a collection of short stories, appeared in 1961.

Myrtales: Family distributions and abundance: Combretaceae, the white mangrove or Indian almond family, has about 500 species in 14 genera of mostly trees and shrubs. The family is especially important along tropical seacoasts, in African savannas, and in Asiatic monsoon forests. It comprises mangrove species of muddy shores or estuaries,…

silver maple, (Acer saccharinum), large, spreading tree, of the soapberry family (Sapindaceae), popular as a rapid-growing shade tree. Native to eastern North America, it is widely cultivated elsewhere. It grows to 18 metres (60 feet)—higher under favourable conditions—with a short, stout trunk and

mariposa lily: Major species: White mariposa lily (C. eurycarpus) can form attractive masses in wildflower meadows of northwestern North America. Each white petal features a large purple spot. Sagebrush mariposa lily (C. macrocarpus) is one of the most common mariposa lilies of arid regions of the western U.S. The…

marlin: The white marlin (K. albida, or K. albidus) is limited to the Atlantic and is blue-green, with a paler belly and with pale vertical bars on its sides. Its maximum weight is about 45 kg (100 pounds).

Isabelle Huppert: Versatility in the 1990s and 2000s: …exploration of colonialism’s effects in White Material (2009), in which she portrayed a French farmer defending her coffee plantation from rebels in an unnamed African country. In Tarŭn naraesŏ (2012; In Another Country), a series of related vignettes set in South Korea, Huppert starred as three different women dealing with…

human nervous system: Cerebrum: …is an inner core of white matter, which is composed of myelinated commissural nerve fibers connecting the cerebral hemispheres via the corpus callosum, and association fibers connecting different regions of a single hemisphere. Myelinated fibers projecting to and from the cerebral cortex form a concentrated fan-shaped band, known as the…

meat processing: …the meat taken from mammals, white meat refers to the meat taken from fowl, seafood refers to the meat taken from fish and shellfish, and game refers to meat taken from animals that are not commonly domesticated. In addition, most commonly consumed meats are specifically identified by the live animal…

Woody Harrelson: …sports comedies Wildcats (1986) and White Men Can’t Jump (1992).

Philip Pullman: … (1987), The Broken Bridge (1990), The White Mercedes (1992; reissued and adapted as the film The Butterfly Tattoo [2009]), The Firework-Maker’s Daughter (1995), The Scarecrow and the Servant (2004), and The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ (2010). Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version (2012)…

white mica, fine-grained variety of any of the silicate minerals muscovite, paragonite, or talc

mignonette: Major species: lutea) and white mignonette (R. alba). Weld (R. luteola) yields a yellow dye that has been used for more than 3,000 years.

Forsyte family: …I era and consisting of The White Monkey (1924), The Silver Spoon (1926), and Swan Song (1928).

Cistercian, member of a Roman Catholic monastic order that was founded in 1098 and named after the original establishment at Cîteaux (Latin: Cistercium), a locality in Burgundy, near Dijon, France. The order’s founders, led by St. Robert of Molesme, were a group of Benedictine monks from the abbey

Ramla: …fortifications, and, above all, the White Mosque (Al-Jāmiʿ al-Abyaḍ). Only ruins of these remain, but the minaret of the White Mosque, the so-called White Tower, 89 feet (27 m) tall, added by the Mamlūk sultan Baybars (reigned 1260–77), still stands. During the First Crusade (1096–99), the city was captured and…

cushion moss, any of the plants of the genus Leucobryum (subclass Bryidae), which form tufts resembling giant grayish white pincushions in moist woods or swampy areas. Three or more species are native to North America. Cushion moss grows in dense clumps ranging from a few centimetres to a metre (1

Prague: The landscape: …1,247 feet (380 metres) on White Mountain (Bílá hora). The climate of Prague is typically mid-continental, with temperatures there averaging 67 °F (19.3 °C) in July and 31 °F (−0.6 °C) in January.

Battle of White Mountain, (Nov. 8, 1620), battle fought near Prague in Bohemia. The battle marked the first major victory of the Roman Catholic Habsburgs over the Protestant Union, a military alliance among the Protestant states of Germany, in the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48). The victory enabled

Alaskan mountains: Physiography of the central ranges: , the White Mountains) with average elevations of about 4,000 to 5,000 feet and a few ridges rising some 1,000 to 2,000 feet (300 to 600 metres) above those uplands. Many peaks exceed 6,000 feet in that sector. No glaciers are present in the region, and permafrost…

White Mountains, segment of the Appalachian Mountains, U.S., extending for 87 miles (140 km) across north-central New Hampshire and slightly into western Maine. They contain the highest elevations in the northeastern United States. The loftiest peaks, mostly between 5,000 and 6,000 feet (1,500 and

thrush, fungus infection characterized by raised white patches on the tongue. When gently scraped off, these patches reveal inflamed tissue that tends to bleed easily. Beginning on the tongue, the creamy white spots can spread to the gums, palate, tonsils, throat, and elsewhere. The causative

mulberry: Major species: White mulberry (M. alba), native to Asia but long cultivated in southern Europe, is so called because of the white fruits it bears; its leaves are used as food for silkworms. It is naturalized in eastern North America. Several useful varieties of the white mulberry…

white mustard, (Sinapis alba), annual herbaceous plant of the family Brassicaceae grown primarily for its pungent seeds, which are a source of the condiment known as mustard. Native to the Mediterranean region, white mustard has naturalized throughout much of the world and is an agricultural weed

Robert Clive: Clive’s administrative achievements: …faced with dauntless courage the White Mutiny of discontented officers, when for a time he stood almost alone in Bengal.

Norman Mailer: …work was a long essay, The White Negro (1957), a sympathetic study of a marginal social type—the “hipster.”

Mikhail Baryshnikov: …pictures The Turning Point (1977), White Nights (1985), That’s Dancing! (1985), and Dancers (1987). He played a dramatic role in the Franz Kafka play Metamorphosis (1989) and appeared as a recurring love interest of lead character Carrie Bradshaw in the television series Sex and the City (2003–04).

Nile River: Climate and hydrology: The Jabal al-Awliyāʾ Dam south of Khartoum increases this ponding effect.

White Nile River, section of the Nile between Malakal, South Sudan, and Khartoum, Sudan. It is formed by the confluence of the Mountain Nile (Baḥr al-Jabal) and the Sobat River above Malakal, and it flows for about 500 miles (800 km) northeast and north past Al-Rank, Kūstī (railway bridge),

Rome: People of Rome: …great intimacy with the “white nobility,” whose titles were conferred by mere temporal rulers. The inhabitants who consider themselves the most nobly Roman of them all are the people of the Trastevere (“Across the Tiber”) district. In ancient times, Trastevere was the quarter for sailors and foreigners, whereas the…

Suzan-Lori Parks: …and friendship are explored in White Noise (produced 2019), in which a struggling African American artist and victim of police brutality asks his white friend to buy him as his personal slave, for 40 days.

Don DeLillo: White Noise (1985; film 2022), which won the National Book Award for fiction, tells of a professor of Hitler studies who is exposed to an “airborne toxic event”; he discovers that his wife is taking an experimental substance said to combat the fear of death,…