Whitehead may refer to: *

Whitehead (comedo) A comedo (plural comedones) 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 ''com ...

, a blocked sweat/sebaceous duct of the skin *

Whitehead (bird) The whitehead (''Mohoua albicilla''; ) 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 endemic to New Ze ...

, a small species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand * Whitehead building, heritage listed residence of the principal of the University of Adelaide's Lincoln College * Whitehead (patience), a patience game related to Klondike * Whitehead (surname) * Whitehead & Co., a former torpedo company founded by Robert Whitehead in 1875 *

Whitehead SpA Leonardo Sistemi di Difesa is an Italian defense company which is part of the Leonardo conglomerate. The company specializes in the manufacture of naval weapon systems. The plant based in Livorno came about when the Whitehead Torpedo Works was pu ...

, one of the names of the later torpedo factory in Livorno * 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: **

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

, 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 the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, is a Canadian List of district munici ...

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

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 (town), Ma On Shan in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Wu Kai Sha is within the Sha Tin District, one of the 18 di ...

* Northern Ireland **

Whitehead, County Antrim Whitehead () is a small seaside town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, lying almost midway between the towns of Carrickfergus and Larne. It lies within the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Templecorran, the historic ...

, a small town in Northern Ireland * United States: ** Lake Whitehead, a reservoir in

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

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. Transportation Amtrak’s '' City of New Orleans'', which ...

** Whitehead Township, Alleghany County, North Carolina **

Whitehead Island Whitehead Island is an island in St. George, Knox County, Maine, United States. 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 pl ...

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