whitehead

whitehead
A pimple formed by a clogged sebaceous gland, usually with a milky-white cap.

Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom.


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  • Whitehead — can refer to:People* Alan Whitehead, a British Member of Parliament * Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), a British philosopher and mathematician * Axle Whitehead (b. 1980), 2003 Australian Idol contestant * Cortlandt Whitehead (1842–), bishop *… …   Wikipedia

  • Whitehead — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), britischer Philosoph und Logiker Annie Whitehead (* 1955), britische Jazzposaunistin Chad Whitehead (* 1987), australischer Badmintonspieler Dean Whitehead (* 1982),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • WHITEHEAD (A. N.) — Exploitant certaines conceptions de logique mathématique, Alfred North Whitehead collabora avec Bertrand Russell aux Principia mathematica , qui sont un des points de départ les plus importants des considérations logiques en Angleterre et en… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • WHITEHEAD (J. H. C.) — WHITEHEAD JOHN HENRY CONSTANTINE (1904 1960) Né à Madras, neveu du philosophe et logicien Alfred North Whitehead, J. H. C. Whitehead fit ses études à Oxford; il y rencontra, en 1920, O. Veblen, avec qui il collabora pendant trois ans à Princeton …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Whitehead —   [ waɪthed],    1) Alfred North, britischer Mathematiker und Philosoph, * Ramsgate 15. 2. 1861, ✝ Cambridge (Massachusetts) 30. 12. 1947; lehrte 1885 1910 Mathematik am Trinity College, Cambridge, ab 1914 als Professor für angewandte Mathematik… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Whitehead — torpedo White head tor*pe do, or Whitehead White head , n. A form of self propelling torpedo. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Whitehead — White head , n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The blue winged snow goose. (b) The surf scoter. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Whitehead — Whitehead, Alfred North …   Philosophy dictionary

  • Whitehead's — Whitehead, Alfred North …   Philosophy dictionary

  • Whitehead — Whitehead, Alfred North …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Whitehead — (Alfred North) (1861 1947) mathématicien et philosophe américain d origine anglaise; l un des princ. théoriciens de la logique mathématique …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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