1. A valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive 
2. Albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia

Derived forms: white elephants

Type of: Elephas maximus, Indian elephant, possession

Encyclopedia: White elephant

• recipient role
• reciprocal
• reciprocal cross
• reciprocal inhibition
• reciprocal ohm
• reciprocal pronoun
• reciprocal-inhibition therapy
• reciprocality
• reciprocally
• reciprocate
• reciprocating engine
• reciprocating saw
• reciprocation
• reciprocative
• reciprocatory
• reciprocity
• recirculation
• recision
• recission
• recital
• recitalist
• recitation
• recitative
• recite
• reciter