Whitehead may refer to: * Whitehead, a blocked sweat/sebaceous duct of the skin known medically as a closed

comedo A comedo is a clogged hair follicle (pore) in the skin. Keratin (skin debris) combines with oil to block the follicle. A comedo can be open (blackhead) or closed by skin (whitehead) and occur with or without acne. The word "comedo" comes from the ...

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Whitehead (bird) The whitehead (''Mohoua albicilla''; mi, pōpokotea) is a small species (15 cm in length, 18.5/14.5 g.Barrie Heather and Hugh Robertson, ''"The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand" (revised edition)'', Viking, 2005) of passerine bird ...

, a small species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand. *

Whitehead building Lincoln College is a Uniting Church in Australia residential college affiliated with the University of Adelaide. It was established by the Methodist Church of Australasia in 1952 and is named after Lincoln College, Oxford at which John Wesle ...

, heritage listed residence of the principal of the University of Adelaide's Lincoln College. *

Whitehead (patience) Klondike, also known as Canfield, is a card game for one player and the best known and most popular version of the patience or solitaire family, something which "defies explanation" as it has one of the lowest rates of success of any such game.Parl ...

, a patience game related to Klondike. *

Whitehead (surname) Whitehead is a surname. Recorded in a number of spellings including Whithead, Whitehed, Whithed, and Whitsed, this surname is of English language, English origins. It usually derives from the Old English pre–7th century word "hwit" meaning white, ...

, a surname. *

Whitehead torpedo The Whitehead torpedo was the first self-propelled or "locomotive" torpedo ever developed. It was perfected in 1866 by Robert Whitehead from a rough design conceived by Giovanni Luppis of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in Fiume. It was driven by a th ...

, the first effective self-propelled torpedo, invented by Robert Whitehead in 1866. * Whiteheads, another name for the wheat disease

take-all Take-all is a plant disease affecting the roots of grass and cereal plants in temperate climates caused by the fungus ''Gaeumannomyces tritici'' (previously known as ''Gaeumannomyces graminis ''var. ''tritici''). All varieties of wheat and barle ...

. * USS ''Whitehead'' (1861–1865), American Civil War, 136-ton screw steam gunboat.

Places

* Canada: ** The

Rural Municipality of Whitehead Whitehead is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is west of Brandon, Manitoba and the principle communities within its boundaries Kemnay and Alexander. It became a municipality on 22 December 1883 and was named ...

, Manitoba **

Whitehead, Nova Scotia Whitehead is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough Guysborough, officially named the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, is a district municipality in ...

, on Tor Bay * Hong Kong ** Whitehead, Hong Kong, a

cape A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...

Wu Kai Sha Wu Kai Sha (), formerly known as Wu Kwai Sha or U Kwai Sha (), is a place at the shore of Tolo Harbour, northwest of Ma On Shan in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Wu Kai Sha is within the Sha Tin District, one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

* Northern Ireland **

Whitehead, County Antrim Whitehead is a small seaside village on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, lying almost midway between the towns of Carrickfergus and Larne. It lies within the civil parish of Templecorran, the historic barony of Belfast Lower, a ...

, a small town in Northern Ireland * United States: **

Cape Whitehead A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...

Cumberland County, Maine Cumberland County is a county in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 census, the population was 303,069, making it the most populous county in Maine. Its county seat is Portland. Cumberland County was founded in 1760 from a portion of Yor ...

43.3844N 70.1131W **

Lake Whitehead A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

reservoir,

Napa County, California Napa County () is a county north of San Pablo Bay located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 138,019. The county seat is the City of Napa. Napa County was one of the original co ...

38.3529N 122.2755W ** Whitehead, Alabama,

Lauderdale County, Alabama Lauderdale County is a County (United States), county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 93,564. Its county seat is Florence, Alabama, Florence. Its ...

34.5317N 87.1938W **

Whitehead, Mississippi Whitehead is an unincorporated community located in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Whitehead is located on Swan Lake Road, approximately north of Glendora and south of Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, ...

(Tallahatchie County) 33.5055N 90.1755W **

Whitehead Township, Alleghany County, North Carolina Whitehead Township is one of seven townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends t ...

36.2802N 81.0910W ** Whitehead, Tennessee,

Marshall County, Tennessee Marshall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,318. Its county seat is Lewisburg. Marshall County comprises the Lewisburg Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included ...

35.2848N 86.4719W ** Whitehead, Texas,

Hunt County, Texas Hunt County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 99,956. Its county seat is Greenville. The county is named for Memucan Hunt, Jr., the first Republic of Texas Minister to the United States from 183 ...

32.5205N 96.1536W **

Whitehead Island Whitehead Island is an island in St. George, Knox County, Maine. Whitehead Light was built on the island in 1807. The island is approximately in area and is known for "bleached, rugged granite shores". It is one of the foggiest places on the Maine ...

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