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Whole Lotta Rosie
Whole Lotta Rosie: AC/DC hard rock song by Bon Scott and the Young brothers, closing Let There Be Rock (1977); describes a Tasmanian groupie (42-39-56, nineteen stone), evolved from Dirty Eyes, a live staple with an inflatable Rosie prop.
Whole wheat bread
Whole wheat bread, also known as wholemeal or whole grain bread, is bread made from whole wheat flour containing all parts of the wheat kernel: bran, germ, and endosperm.
Whole-body computed tomography
Whole-body computed tomography, also called the pan-scan, is a diagnostic imaging method that scans the entire body in one CT session, most often for severely injured trauma patients.
Whole-body control
Whole-body control (WBC) is a control paradigm for humanoid robots in which a single controller uses the full robot model to keep balance while performing tasks such as reaching.
Whole-body cryotherapy
Whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) exposes the minimally dressed body to dry air below −100 °C for two to four minutes, used for athletic recovery and painful inflammatory conditions.
Whole-body scintigraphy
Whole-body scintigraphy is a nuclear medicine imaging method in which a gamma camera maps radiotracer uptake across the whole body, surveying for tumor, infection, or bone disease.
Whole-cell biocatalysis
Whole-cell biocatalysis is a method that uses intact microbial cells instead of purified enzymes to catalyze chemical transformations, supplying and regenerating cofactors internally; its flagship process is acrylamide production.
Whole-cell patch clamp
Whole-cell patch clamp is an electrophysiology technique in which a glass micropipette sealed onto a cell is ruptured to record currents and voltage across the whole cell membrane.
Whole-genome bisulfite sequencing
Whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS), also called MethylC-Seq or BS-Seq, is a DNA methylation method that sequences bisulfite-treated DNA to measure methylation at individual cytosines genome-wide, first applied in 2008.
Whole30
Whole30 is a 30-day elimination and reintroduction diet program founded in 2009 by Melissa Urban and Dallas Hartwig, cutting sugar, alcohol, grains, legumes, and dairy, with a vegan Plant-Based variant since 2022.
Wholesale Electricity Market (Argentina)
The Wholesale Electricity Market (Mercado Eléctrico Mayorista, MEM) is Argentina's centralized market for bulk electricity, created by Law No. 24.065 of 1992 and operated by CAMMESA, which serves about 93% of national demand.
Wholesale price index
The wholesale price index (WPI) measures price change in goods at early commercial stages, excluding services; India still publishes it as its headline goods-price measure.
Wholesaling
Wholesaling, also called wholesale trade, is the sale of goods to retailers, businesses, and institutions rather than consumers; in the United States it counted $11.87 trillion in sales in 2022.
Whom Gods Destroy (band)
Whom Gods Destroy is an American progressive metal supergroup formed in 2020 by Derek Sherinian and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal after Sons of Apollo, with Dino Jelusick, Yas Nomura, and Bruno Valverde; debut album Insanium (2024) on InsideOut Music, named after a Star Trek episode.
WhoMadeWho
WhoMadeWho is a Danish three-piece band from Copenhagen, formed in 2003, whose members are Tomas Høffding, Tomas Barfod, and Jeppe Kjellberg, known for melodic house and techno with live instrumentation.
Whoo Kid
DJ Whoo Kid, born Yves Mondesir, is a Haitian-American DJ from Queens, New York, who became 50 Cent's official tour DJ and a G-Unit member.
Whoomp! (There It Is)
"Whoomp! (There It Is)" is Tag Team's 1993 Miami bass debut single, sampling Kano's "I'm Ready"; it hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, went 4x Platinum, and rivaled 95 South's "Whoot, There It Is."
Whoop (wearable)
Whoop is a screenless fitness and health wearable sold by Boston-based WHOOP Inc. as a wrist band that measures heart rate, HRV, and sleep, with hardware bundled into a mandatory subscription.
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, 1955) is an American comedian, actor, and EGOT winner known for The Color Purple, Ghost, Sister Act, hosting the Oscars, and moderating The View since 2007.
Whoopie pie
Whoopie pie: American sandwich dessert of two chocolate cake rounds with white marshmallow or shortening frosting filling; also called gob in Pennsylvania; Maine's official state treat since 2011.
Whooping cough
Whooping cough (pertussis), caused by Bordetella pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial respiratory infection with paroxysmal cough and whoop, most dangerous to infants; vaccine history from 1914 whole-cell to DTaP/Tdap, with waning immunity and a 2024 global resurgence.
Whooping crane
Whooping crane (Grus americana), North America's tallest bird, an endangered white crane that fell to 14-15 birds in 1941 and now numbers about 540-557 in the wild Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock, plus reintroduced populations.
Whooping Crane Summer Range
Whooping Crane Summer Range, Ramsar site 240 in northeast Alberta and the Northwest Territories, Canada, designated 24 May 1982; a 1,689,500-ha boreal wetland complex within Wood Buffalo National Park holding the only natural nesting area of the endangered Whooping Crane.
Whop.com
Whop.com is an American fintech and social commerce company operating a marketplace for digital products, memberships, and communities, founded by Steven Schwartz and launched in 2021.
Whopper
Whopper: Burger King's signature flame-grilled hamburger, introduced 1957 in Miami by McLamore and Edgerton for 37 cents; flagship of the "Home of the Whopper" brand, basis of Have It Your Way and the Impossible Whopper.
Whore of Babylon
The Whore of Babylon, also known as Babylon the Great or Mystery Babylon, is a symbolic woman in Revelation 17–18 whom scholars most often identify with first-century Rome.
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (US), also called the American Whose Line, is an improv comedy series adapted from the British original, hosted by Drew Carey on ABC from 1998 and revived with Aisha Tyler on The CW in 2013, starring Stiles, Mochrie, and Brady.
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (British TV series)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (WLIIA?) is a British improvisational comedy panel show on Channel 4, 1988–1998, hosted by Clive Anderson, created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson from a BBC Radio 4 format, 119 episodes plus specials.
Whoville
Whoville (Who-ville) is Dr. Seuss's fictional town of the Whos, appearing in Horton Hears a Who! (1954) and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957), adapted in 1966, 2000, and 2018 films.
WHP Global
WHP Global is a New York-based brand management firm, founded in 2019 by Yehuda Shmidman, that owns the IP of 16+ consumer brands and licenses them to operating partners.