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.
a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)
Also known as a closed comedone A collection of sebum and keratin that plugs the opening of the pilosebaceous unit (skin pore) and imbeds itself in the follicular canal under the skin so that it looks like a raised, white bump
A bleached cereal ear containing little or no grain Usually a result of attack by stem base or root pathogens, particularly Gaeumannomyces graminis (take-all)