White

/wˈaɪt/

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Adjective
being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride''s white dress"
Adjective
of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
Adjective Satellite
free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor"
Adjective Satellite
marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"
Adjective Satellite
restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"
Adjective Satellite
glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"
Adjective Satellite
benevolent; without malicious intent; "that''s white of you"
Adjective Satellite
(of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"
Adjective Satellite
(of coffee) having cream or milk added
Adjective Satellite
(of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"
Adjective Satellite
anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid''s blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage"
Adjective Satellite
of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"
Noun
a member of the Caucasoid race
Noun
the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
Noun
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
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Australian writer (1912-1990)
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United States political journalist (1915-1986)
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United States architect (1853-1906)
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United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
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United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
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a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
Noun
the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"
Noun
(board games) the lighter pieces
Noun
(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
Verb
turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
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black
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