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(a)
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
"
(a)
of
or
belonging
to
a
racial
group
having
light
skin
coloration
; "
voting
patterns
within
the
white
population
"
(n)
a
member
of
the
Caucasoid
race
(n)
the
quality
or
state
of
the
achromatic
color
of
greatest
lightness
(
bearing
the
least
resemblance
to
black
)
(n)
Australian
writer
(
1912
-
1990
)
(n)
United
States
political
journalist
(
1915
-
1986
)
(n)
United
States
architect
(
1853
-
1906
)
(n)
United
States
writer
noted
for
his
humorous
essays
(
1899
-
1985
)
(n)
United
States
educator
who
in
1865
(
with
Ezra
Cornell
)
founded
Cornell
University
and
served
as
its
first
president
(
1832
-
1918
)
(n)
a
tributary
of
the
Mississippi
River
that
flows
southeastward
through
northern
Arkansas
and
southern
Missouri
(n) (
board
games
)
the
lighter
pieces
(n) (
usually
in
the
plural
)
trousers
(s)
free
from
moral
blemish
or
impurity
;
unsullied
; "
in
shining
white
armor
"
(s)
marked
by
the
presence
of
snow
; "
a
white
Christmas
"; "
the
white
hills
of
a
northern
winter
"
(s)
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
"
(s)
glowing
white
with
heat
; "
white
flames
"; "
a
white
-
hot
center
of
the
fire
"
(s)
benevolent
;
without
malicious
intent
; "
white
magic
"; "
a
white
lie
"; "
that
''
s
white
of
you
"
(s)
of
a
surface
;
not
written
or
printed
on
; "
blank
pages
"; "
fill
in
the
blank
spaces
"; "
a
clean
page
"; "
wide
white
margins
"
(s) (
of
coffee
)
having
cream
or
milk
added
(s)
dressed
(
or
especially
habited
)
in
white
; "
white
nuns
"
(s) (
of
hair
)
having
lost
its
color
; "
the
white
hairs
of
old
age
"
(s)
ash
-
colored
or
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
(s)
of
summer
nights
in
northern
latitudes
where
the
sun
barely
sets
; "
white
nights
"
(v)
turn
white
; "
This
detergent
will
whiten
your
laundry
"
white Synonyms
achromatic
Andrew D. White
Andrew Dickson White
ashen
blanched
blank
bloodless
Caucasian
clean
E. B. White
Elwyn Brooks White
flannel
gabardine
lily-white
livid
Patrick Victor Martindale White
Patrick White
snowy
Stanford White
T. H. White
Theodore Harold White
tweed
white
white person
White River
white-hot
whiten
whitened
whiteness
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