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English to English adjective
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being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light |  | Example: as white as fresh snow
a bride's white dress
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of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration | | Example: voting patterns within the white population
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Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied | | Example: in shining white armor
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marked by the presence of snow | | Example: a white Christmas
the white hills of a northern winter
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restricted to whites only | | Example: under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains
a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization
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glowing white with heat | | Example: white flames
a white-hot center of the fire
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benevolent; without malicious intent | | Example: that's white of you
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(of a surface) not written or printed on | | Example: blank pages
fill in the blank spaces
a clean page
wide white margins
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(of coffee) having cream or milk added | | source: wordnet30
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(of hair) having lost its color | | Example: the white hairs of old age
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anemic looking from illness or emotion | | Example: 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
lips white with terror
a face white with rage
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of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets | | Example: white nights
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a member of the Caucasoid race | | source: wordnet30
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the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) | | source: wordnet30
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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) | | source: wordnet30
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Australian writer (1912-1990) | | source: wordnet30
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United States political journalist (1915-1986) | | source: wordnet30
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United States architect (1853-1906) | | source: wordnet30
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United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) | | source: wordnet30
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United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918) | | source: wordnet30
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a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri | | source: wordnet30
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the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water | | Example: she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs
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(board games) the lighter pieces | | source: wordnet30
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(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth | | source: wordnet30
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The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1. | | source: webster1913 verb
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turn white | | Example: This detergent will whiten your laundry
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To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach. | | source: webster1913
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