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Words with a similar base: egg_white, lily-white, white, white-hot, whiten, whitened, whiteness

'white'

[white.n.01] as in: a member of the Caucasoid race

'white'

[white.n.02] as in: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

'white'

[white.n.03] as in: 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)

'white'

[white.n.04] as in: Australian writer (1912-1990)

'white'

[white.n.05] as in: United States political journalist (1915-1986)

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[white.n.06] as in: United States architect (1853-1906)

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[white.n.07] as in: United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)

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[white.n.08] as in: United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)

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[white.n.09] as in: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri

'white'

[egg_white.n.01] as in: the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water

Examples:
she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs

'white'

[white.n.11] as in: (board games) the lighter pieces

'white'

[flannel.n.03] as in: (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth

'white'

[whiten.v.01] as in: turn white

Examples:
This detergent will whiten your laundry

'white'

[white.a.01] as in: being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light

Examples:
as white as fresh snow
a bride's white dress

'white'

[white.a.02] as in: of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration

Examples:
voting patterns within the white population

'white'

[white.s.01] as in: free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied

Examples:
in shining white armor

'white'

[white.s.02] as in: marked by the presence of snow

Examples:
a white Christmas
the white hills of a northern winter

'white'

[white.s.03] as in: restricted to whites only

Examples:
under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains
a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization

'white'

[white.s.04] as in: glowing white with heat

Examples:
white flames
a white-hot center of the fire

'white'

[white.s.05] as in: benevolent; without malicious intent

Examples:
that's white of you

'white'

[blank.s.01] as in: (of a surface) not written or printed on

Examples:
blank pages
fill in the blank spaces
a clean page
wide white margins

'white'

[white.s.07] as in: (of coffee) having cream or milk added

'white'

[white.s.08] as in: (of hair) having lost its color

Examples:
the white hairs of old age

'white'

[ashen.s.01] as in: anemic looking from illness or emotion; ; ; ; ; - Mary W.

Shelley

Examples:
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

'white'

[white.s.10] as in: of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets

Examples:
white nights

Origins

					white (English)
└── whit (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── hwit (Old English (ca. 450-1100))