noun
a Caucasian
Synonyms
White person
Caucasian
noun
the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
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noun
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft
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Edward White
Edward D. White
Edward Douglas White Jr.
Examples
- noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
noun
Australian writer (1912-1990)
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Patrick White
Patrick Victor Martindale White
noun
United States political journalist (1915-1986)
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T. H. White
Theodore Harold White
noun
United States architect (1853-1906)
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Stanford White
noun
United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
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E. B. White
Elwyn Brooks White
noun
United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
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Andrew D. White
Andrew Dickson White
noun
a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
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White River
noun
the white part of an egg
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Examples
- 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
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verb
turn white
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Examples
- This detergent will whiten your laundry
adjective
being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness
Examples
- 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
Examples
- voting patterns within the white population
adjective
free from moral blemish or impurity
Examples
- unsullied
- in shining white armor
adjective
marked by the presence of snow
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Examples
- a white Christmas
- the white hills of a northern winter
adjective
restricted to whites only
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lily-white
Examples
- under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains
- a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization
adjective
glowing white with heat
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white-hot
Examples
- white flames
- a white-hot center of the fire
adjective
benevolent
Examples
- without malicious intent
- that's white of you
adjective
(of a surface) not written or printed on
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Examples
- blank pages
- fill in the blank spaces
- a clean page
- wide white margins
adjective
(of coffee) having cream or milk added
adjective
(of hair) having lost its color
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Examples
- the white hairs of old age
adjective
anemic looking from illness or emotion
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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"- Mary W. Shelley
- lips white with terror
- a face white with rage
adjective
of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
Examples
- white nights