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Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidæ, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork

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Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidæ, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe. Black-necked stork, the East Indian jabiru. -- Hair-crested stork, the smaller adjutant of India (Leptoptilos Javanica). -- Giant stork, the adjutant. -- Marabou stork. See Marabou. -- Saddle-billed stork, the African jabiru. See Jabiru. -- Stork's bill , any plant of the genus Pelargonium; -- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See Pelargonium. (more info) storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr.

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• WHITECAP
  The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead. The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head. The European tree sparrow. 2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening.
• WHITE-FRONTED
  Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose , the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.
• WHITE FLY
  Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.
• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• WHITESTER
  A bleacher of lines; a whitener; a whitster.
• WORLDLY
  1. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions. "I thus neglecting worldly ends." Shak. Many years it hath continued, standing by no other worldly mean but that one only hand which erected it. Hooker. 2. Pertaining
• WHITE-HEART
  A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• WHITESIDE
  The golden-eye.
• ALLICIENT
  That attracts; attracting. -- n.
• ALLINEATION; ALINEEATION
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• WADDYWOOD
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• FOUNDATION
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• WHITE-EAR
  The wheatear.
• POINT
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• ALLITERAL
  Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.
• WHITEBLOW
  See WHITLOW
• GENERABILITY
  Capability of being generated. Johnstone.
• AMERICANIZATION
  The process of Americanizing.
• GENERALIZED
  Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
• GALLIASS
  See GALLEASS
• DALLIANCE
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• MAJOR GENERAL
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• SCALLION
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• CORALLIGENOUS
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• CONFOUNDED
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• UNREGENERACY
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• HEMEROCALLIS
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