Whitehead

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whitehead \White"head`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) The blue-winged snow goose.
     (b) The surf scoter.
         [1913 Webster] Whitehead torpedo

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Whitehead torpedo \White"head` tor*pe"do\, or Whitehead
  \White"head`\, n.
     A form of self-propelling torpedo.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Whitehead
       n 1: English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with
            Bertrand Russell (1861-1947) [syn: {Alfred North
            Whitehead}]
       2: a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous
          gland [syn: {milium}]