Definition of White

Noun

  • (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
  • (board games) the lighter pieces
  • 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"
    - egg white
  • a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
    - white river
  • United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
    - andrew d. white - andrew dickson white
  • United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
    - e. b. white - elwyn brooks white
  • United States architect (1853-1906)
    - stanford white
  • United States political journalist (1915-1986)
    - t. h. white - theodore harold white
  • Australian writer (1912-1990)
    - patrick white - patrick victor martindale white
  • 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)
    - edward white - edward d. white - edward douglas white jr.
  • the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
  • a member of the Caucasoid race
    - white person - caucasian

Verb

  • turn white
    "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

Adjective

  • of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
    "white nights"
  • 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"
    "a face white with rage"
  • (of hair) having lost its color
    "the white hairs of old age"
  • (of coffee) having cream or milk added
  • (of a surface) not written or printed on
    "blank pages"
    "fill in the blank spaces"
    "a clean page"
    "wide white margins"
  • benevolent
    without malicious intent
    "that's white of you"
  • glowing white with heat
    "white flames"
    "a white-hot center of the fire"
    - white hot
  • 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"
    - lily white
  • marked by the presence of snow
    "a white Christmas"
    "the white hills of a northern winter"
  • free from moral blemish or impurity
    unsullied
    "in shining white armor"
  • of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
    "voting patterns within the white population"
  • 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"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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Unscramble white

26 unscramble word found using the letters white.

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