WHITE

(noun) (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
synonyms : flannel , gabardine , tweed
(noun) (board games) the lighter pieces
(noun) the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
synonyms : whiteness
(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"
synonyms : albumen , egg white , ovalbumin
(noun) a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
synonyms : white river
(noun) a member of the Caucasoid race
synonyms : caucasian , white person
(noun) United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
synonyms : andrew d. white , andrew dickson white
(noun) United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
synonyms : e. b. white , elwyn brooks white
(noun) United States architect (1853-1906)
synonyms : stanford white
(noun) United States political journalist (1915-1986)
synonyms : t. h. white , theodore harold white
(noun) Australian writer (1912-1990)
synonyms : patrick victor martindale white , patrick white
(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)
synonyms : edward d. white , edward douglas white jr. , edward white
(verb) turn white
"This detergent will whiten your laundry"
synonyms : whiten
(adj.) of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
"voting patterns within the white population"
(adj.) 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"
(adj.) of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
"white nights"
(adj.) 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", "lips white with terror", "a face white with rage"
synonyms : ashen , blanched , bloodless , livid
Her face turned ashen on hearing the news of her husband’s illness. -added by naila_inlas
her face was livid with fear -added by nithi
(adj.) (of hair) having lost its color
"the white hairs of old age"
synonyms : whitened
(adj.) (of coffee) having cream or milk added
(adj.) (of a surface) not written or printed on
"blank pages", "fill in the blank spaces", "a clean page", "wide white margins"
synonyms : blank , clean
(adj.) benevolent; without malicious intent
"that's white of you"
(adj.) glowing white with heat
"white flames", "a white-hot center of the fire"
synonyms : white-hot
(adj.) 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"
synonyms : lily-white
(adj.) marked by the presence of snow
"a white Christmas", "the white hills of a northern winter"
synonyms : snowy
(adj.) free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
"in shining white armor"

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