Definition of white in English English dictionary
- A surname, derived from the common noun white
- Street name for cocaine
- The sclera, white of the eye
- Of Caucasian race
- A Caucasian person
- Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light
- Containing cream, milk, or creamer
- A common name for the Pieris genus of butterflies
- The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour
The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.
- White wine
- Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian
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- The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths
- The cue ball in cue games
- The albumen of bird eggs (egg white)
- {n} a white color, the white part of the eye, or an egg
- {v} to make or grow white
- {a} snowy, pale, pure
- {i} family name
- a British surname from a nickname for someone with white hair
- of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
- marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"
- a member of the Caucasoid race
- 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"
- free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor
- indicates high levels of dissolved aluminum Black indicates manganese when it appears as a dark stain on creek rocks Orange indicates oxidized iron, which takes on a rusty color, gives contaminated creeks their orange/yellow color
- 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"; "a face white with rage"
- If someone goes white, the skin on their face becomes very pale, for example because of fear, shock, anger, or illness. Richard had gone very white, but he stood his ground His face was white with fury. If someone looks white as a sheet or as white as a sheet, they look very frightened, shocked, or ill. He appeared in the doorway, white as a sheet, eyes wide with horror
- one more lap in the race
- dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns"
- Portable DTMF keypad
- Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white
- Similar to Green Tea Identifiable by the presence of the white hairs on the leaf tips, and a light infusion
- glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"
- Includes persons who indicated their race as "White" or reported entries such as Canadian, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish
- White wine is pale yellow in colour. Gregory poured another glass of white wine and went back to his bedroom. You can refer to white wine as white. I bought a bottle of Californian white
- (of coffee) having cream or milk added
- White blood cells are the cells in your blood which your body uses to fight infection
- Indicates purity and/or protection When detected in the outer layers of the aura, can indicate an area of the body which has been over energized, or is over active
- To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach
- Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye
- White coffee has had milk or cream added to it. Wayne has a large white coffee in front of him
- Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear
- Australian writer (1912-1990)
- a special type of green tea Distinguished by the presence of the white hairs of the tea flush (baihao) and a lighter green, almost clear, infusion
- Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable
- Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure
- The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness
- Master Serapis Bey Christ white light of Purity and perfection, resurrection, and ascension Archangel Gabriel and Archiea Hope WISDOM
- benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that's white of you"
- a symbol of purity (2 Chr 5: 12; Ps 51: 7; Isa 1: 18; Rev 3: 18; 7: 14) Our Lord, at his transfiguration, appeared in raiment "white as the light" (Matt 17: 2, etc )
- Signifies there is one lap remaining in the race
- The white of someone's eye is the white part that surrounds the coloured part called the iris. American educator and diplomat who founded Cornell University with Ezra Cornell and was its first president (1868-1885). He also served as U.S. ambassador to Germany (1897-1902). American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1962-1993). American jurist who served as an associate justice (1894-1910) and the chief justice (1910-1921) of the U.S. Supreme Court. American writer and humorist who contributed essays, editorials, and parodies to the New Yorker. He also wrote children's books, including Charlotte's Web (1952), and revised a 1918 writing manual, The Elements of Style (1959). Australian writer whose powerfully descriptive and original novels include The Tree of Man (1955) and Voss (1957). He won the 1973 Nobel Prize for literature. American architect. A member of the prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, he was particularly known for his interior designs and his ornate, eclectic buildings. British writer best known for the novel The Once and Future King (1958), a retelling of the Arthurian legend. American political journalist noted for his commentaries on presidential elections, including The Making of the President 1960 (1961). American newspaper editor and writer noted for his politically influential editorials and for his autobiography (1946). white whale White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed mouse great white shark white shark Mary White white butterfly white cedar white dwarf star White Horse Vale of the White House White Lotus White Mountain Battle of White Mountains White River White Sands National Monument White Sea White Volta River White Byron Raymond White Elwyn Brooks White James Springer and Ellen Gould White John White Minor White Patrick Victor Martindale White Stanford White Terence Hanbury White Theodore Harold White William Allen white tailed deer
- (board games) the lighter pieces the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri a member of the Caucasoid race United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918) United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) United States architect (1853-1906) United States political journalist (1915-1986) Australian writer (1912-1990) of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East Normally excludes persons of Hispanic origin except for tabulations produced by the Bureau of the Census, which are noted accordingly in this volume
- (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"
- {i} color which has no hue, color of milk; something that is white in color (i.e. wine, game piece, etc.); white part of something (i.e of an egg, of a printed page, of the eye); person having pale skin, Caucasian
- White is the color for $1 chips in most casinos
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East or North Africa
- 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"
- Angels announced Jesus’ birth (Luke 2: 8-15) and His Resurrection (Luke 24: 1-8) The New Testament consistently uses white to describe angels and the risen Lord (see Matthew 17: 2 and 28: 3, Mark 9: 3 and 16: 5, John 20: 12, Acts 1: 10, and throughout Revelation ) In the ancient Church, people were given white robes as soon as they emerged from the waters of baptism Therefore, white is the color for the seasons of Easter and Christmas White is also used for secular holidays that are observed in the church and for funerals, since it is the color of the Resurrection
- turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
- A European person
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East
- A white person has a pale skin and belongs to a race which is of European origin. He was white, with brown shoulder-length hair and a moustache. Whites are white people. It's a school that's brought blacks and whites and Hispanics together
- (of coffee) having cream or milk added benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that's white of you"
- The result of combining the additive primary colors (Red, Green and Blue)
- One of the two colors of chess spaces, pieces, and players See also: color, black
- United States architect (1853-1906)
- of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"
- A person having origins in any of the original people of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East
- White Castle
- The first fast-food hamburger chain and one of the oldest American fast-food restaurant chains, known for its Slyder, a small square burger
Indeed it turned out the developer had illegally modeled all of Tuscanyville’s homes on Olive Garden, Pizzeria Uno’s, and White Castle outlets.
- White Cloud Mountain minnow
- A popular aquarium fish, Tanichthys albonubes Lin
- White Cloud Mountain minnows
- plural form of White Cloud Mountain minnow
- White Hart Lane
- Tottenham Hotspur Football Club itself
- White Hart Lane
- the home stadium of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
- White House
- The US presidency and its administration
The White House announced its support for the new law.
- White House
- The official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America
- White Legend
- The term purports to counterbalance the defamatory anti-Hispanic Black Legend (Spanish Leyenda Negra). It is an insidious aspect of the Black Legend in that it characterizes documented historical facts favorable to Hispanics as exaggerated praise and therefore suspect
- White Russia
- Literal name of Belarus, a country in Eastern Europe
- White Russian
- (Russian history) A Russian who supported the tsar in the 1917 Revolution and the Russian Civil War (1918–20), and afterwords
- White Russian
- Of or related to Russians with tsarist sympathies in the period directly following the 1917 Revolution
- White Russian
- A strain of marijuana containing very high THC levels - in excess of 22%
- White Russian
- A Belarusian person
- White Russian
- A cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk
- White Russian
- Of or related to Belarus, literally "White Russia," or its language
- White Russian
- The Belarusian language
- White Russians
- plural form of White Russian
- White Sox
- The Chicago White Sox, an American baseball club
- white Christmas
- A Christmas Day on which there is a ground covering of snow
At Environment Canada, senior climatologist David Phillips' standard for a white Christmas calls for at least two centimeters of snow on the ground at 7 a.m. . . . In England, if a weather guy sees a snowflake, they call it a white Christmas..
- white Christmas
- A sweet food item made from dried fruits and nuts mixed with copha or white chocolate or some similar sweet white binding and allowed to set in a tray to make slices
Combine rice bubbles, coconut, milk powder, dried fruit and cherries, mix well.
- white Christmases
- plural form of white Christmas
- white English bulldog
- A medium to large breed of predominantly white dog with short, coarse coat, square, flat skull with powerful jaws and hind legs, originally bred as a protection and defense dog against the hostile frontier of early Spanish Florida. They are the closest descendents to the old spanish guard and war dogs brought to argentina and spanish florida by spanish settlers and inquisitors and they also have strong influence of the british alaunt
- white English bulldog
- A type of farm utility dog
- white English bulldogs
- plural form of white English bulldog
- white adipose tissue
- One of the two types of adipose tissue present in mammals, providing heat insulation, mechanical cushion, and a source of energy, and comprising as much as 20% of the body weight in men and 25% of the body weight in women
- white as a sheet
- Very white or pale, as if suffering from shock
- white bear
- A white, semi-aquatic marine species of bear, Ursus maritimus, that is native and best adapted to the Arctic mix of land, ice and sea
- white bears
- plural form of white bear
- white blood cell
- A type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response, or part of the immune system
- white blood cells
- plural form of white blood cell
- white boy
- a young Caucasian male
- white bream
- A European species of fish in the Cyprinidae family, Abramis bjoerkna, formerly Blicca bioerkna
- white breams
- plural form of white bream
- white cap
- a small wave that breaks offshore due to the wind
- white cedar
- The Atlantic white cypress
- white cedar
- An evergreen coniferous tree of the Cupressaceae family, native to the northeastern US and southeastern Canada
- white cedar
- The chinaberry
- white cell
- alternate term for white blood cell
- white cells
- plural form of white cell
- white chocolate
- a piece of confectionery consisting of this
- white chocolate
- a food made from cocoa butter, milk, and sugar, having no cocoa solids
- white clover
- a species of clover, Trifolium repens, native to much of Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia and introduced elsewhere as a pasture crop
- white coal
- water that is being used to generate power
- white coat
- a white, knee-length coat worn by laboratory workers etc as protection
- white coat effect
- Alternative form of white coat hypertension
- white coat high blood pressure
- Alternative form of white coat hypertension
- white coat hypertension
- Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment
Patients with white coat hypertension did not show a generalized increase of blood pressure lability, nor an exaggerated pressor response while at work. . . . In such patients, the pressor response may be relatively specific to the physician's office and lead to significant misclassification of hypertension.
- white coats
- plural form of white coat
- white coffee
- A serving of such
- white coffee
- Coffee (the drink) with milk added
- white coffees
- plural form of white coffee
- white dwarf
- A dying star of low or medium mass, more solid and dense but less bright than the sun
- white dwarfs
- plural form of white dwarf
- white elephant
- An ornament etc that is unwanted or is a financial burden; an unprofitable investment
- white elephant
- An albino elephant
- white elephants
- plural form of white elephant
- white fir
- A North American species of fir tree (Abies concolor)
- white firs
- plural form of white fir
- white flag
- A flag with a white color, often used as a symbol of surrender
- white flags
- plural form of white flag
- white flour
- Exact synonym of flour
- white fox
- The arctic fox (Alopex lagopus)
- white foxes
- plural form of white fox
- white glove test
- An examination of cleanliness, hygiene or other cleaning-related standards
Looking at the imprint his hand had left on the visible layer of dust, he realized his home would certainly not pass his mother's white glove test.
- white gold
- A precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal such as platinum or palladium or other white metal such as nickel
- white goods
- domestic appliances that are mostly electric in composition
At one time major appliances (white goods), washer, dryer, and refrigerator stores would last more than 20 years.
- white gourd
- A green, fuzzy melon fruit taken from this vine that has sweet white flesh
- white gourd
- A vine of the genus Benincasa cultivated throughout Asia
- white guilt
- A term used by some to describe the vacuum of moral authority surrounding whites on the issues of race due to their racial crimes against blacks
- white hat
- A white hat hacker
- white hat hacker
- A hacker who is ethically opposed to the abuse of computer systems
- white hat hacker
- A hacker who is legally authorized to use otherwise illegal means to achieve objectives critical to the security of computer systems, for example, someone hired to execute a penetration test upon a network to produce a report for its administrator about vulnerabilities and solutions to the networks security
- white hat hackers
- plural form of white hat hacker
- white hats
- plural form of white hat
- white hole
- A theoretically possible but physically highly unlikely singularity which would emit matter and energy; the antithesis of a black hole
- white holes
- plural form of white hole
- white horse
- heroin, cocaine
- white horse
- any of several horse-shaped chalk figures in England, such as the Uffington White Horse
- white horse
- a wave that is blown by the wind such that its crest is broken up and appears white and foamy; a whitecap
- white horses
- plural form of white horse
- white iron
- A kind of cast iron that contains carbon as cementite, unlike gray iron, that contain carbon as graphite
- white knight
- An individual or corporation that intends to acquire another company in order to avert a hostile takeover
- white knuckle ride
- Alternative spelling of white-knuckle ride
- white label
- An unbranded product – a brand name product which has had a white label applied to remove branding so that it can be resold for cheaper without undercutting the value of the brand
- white label
- A vinyl record with a white label or white background (rather than artwork), typically used for test records or promotion
- white label
- A rebranded product – a generically manufactured product, branded with the marketer's or retailer's trade dress
- white lady
- cocaine
- white lead
- A basic lead carbonate once used in paint
- white lie
- A deliberate, untrue statement which does no harm or is intended to produce a favorable result
An occasional little white lie such as Weston's probably won't cause any lasting damage. And at times, telling the truth—particularly the whole truth to a child who's not at an age to handle it—may do more harm than good, they say.
- white lies
- plural form of white lie
- white light
- A white-coloured light or lamp
- white light
- Light, having a mixture of frequencies, being perceived as having no specific colour; such as sunlight
- white lightning
- Illegally distilled whiskey, so named because it is frequently of higher proof than legal whiskey and/or may contain impurities imparting an unrefined taste
- white maggot
- A field umpire
2004: Come on you white maggot, that was a throw. — Brooke Neindorf, Country footy.
- white maggots
- plural form of white maggot
- white man
- A Caucasian man; a European
- white man
- White people collectively; White culture
very little attempt seems to have been made so far to deal with the whole problem of the African in contact with white man’s law, .
- white man's burden
- The supposed responsibility of European people to govern and care for their colonial subjects
- white man's grave
- Africa, or more specifically, western Africa or Sierra Leone. By extension, any other land subject to Western colonialism or missionizing that is comparably deadly
Not only this, but it is also much higher than the death-rate of such insanitary places as Borne, Venice, Hamburg, and Munich, and actually falls not far short of the rate recorded in that white man's grave Calcutta.
- white marriage
- An unconsummated marriage
- white matter
- A region of the central nervous system containing myelinated nerve fibres and no dendrites
- white meat
- The breast portion of poultry
- white meat
- Meats whose color before cooking is considered white as opposed to red, including poultry, seafood, and even pork
- white meats
- plural form of white meat
- white men
- plural form of white man
- white metal
- Any silvery or whitish metal or alloy
- white metal
- Silver that cannot be labeled as silver in the UK
- white metal
- Any tin- or lead-based alloy
- white mulberry
- A short-lived mulberry tree, native to northern China, used in traditional Chinese medicine
- white nebula
- a nebula that appears white in colouration through a high-powered telescope (nebulae often appear to have some hint of colour through a powerful telescope, but white when not using a powerful instrument); these nebulae were generally to be determined to be galaxies in the 20th century
- white noise
- A random signal (or process) with a flat power spectral density; a signal with a power spectral density that has equal power in any band, at any centre frequency, having a given bandwidth
- white noise
- Any nondescript noise used for background or to mask or drown out other noise
- white nose syndrome
- A malady associated with the deaths of bats in North America, identifiable by a distinctive ring of fungal growth around the muzzles and on the wings
- white on rice
- a descriptive analogy of closeness. See like white on rice
- white out
- To hide an error or other material on a surface by covering it with correcting fluid
- white owl
- the barn owl, tyto alba
- white pages
- The phone directory, (or section of a larger directory), that lists residential numbers
- white paper
- A parliamentary document announcing government policy
- white paper
- A factual write-up of something, specifically devoid of the appearance of marketing
- white papers
- plural form of white paper
- white pepper
- The peppercorn and spice of a light colored variety of pepper (contrast black pepper). Used as a spice in light colored foods such as cream sauces
- white phosphorus
- The most common allotrope of phosphorus; a yellow-white waxy solid that is insoluble in water and spontaneously combusts on exposure to air to form clouds of phosphorus pentoxide; used as a military smokescreen and as an incendiary weapon
- white poplar
- Populus alba, a poplar found in Central Europe
- white power
- white supremacy
- white privilege
- In critical race theory, a way of conceptualizing racial inequalities that focuses as much on the advantages that white people accrue from society as on the disadvantages that non-white people experience
- white pudding
- A meat dish, made from liver and oats cooked in a sausage skin
- white puddings
- plural form of white pudding
- white rabbit
- A phrase said, before saying anything else, on the first day of the month in order to bring good luck
- white rice
- Rice which has had the brownish colored hull polished off leaving a white colored grain
She always got white rice at Chinese restaurants even though she knew the brown rice was healthier.
- white sauce
- A simple sauce made from flour, milk and butter
- white sauce
- mayonnaise
- white sauces
- plural form of white sauce
- white sheep
- a conformist; an unusual or conventional person
- white sheep
- a disliked person; one who is disfavored
I was the white sheep of the family, the straight man.
- white slave
- a woman (of European descent) sold into prostitution, especially when transported to a foreign country
- white slaver
- a trafficker in white slaves
- white slavery
- Sexual slavery, particularly the involuntary prostitution of women of European ancestry
- white smoke
- The announcement to the outside world that a conclave has chosen a new Pope
- white soul
- Rhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists
- white space
- White area between written characters and graphic regions on a produced page or computer display; blanks and the vertical blank lines in between paragraphs, or other organized rows of text lines (poetry)
- white space
- Any single character or series of characters that represents horizontal or vertical space in typography
- white spaces
- plural form of white space
- white spot
- a place without coverage
TMC coverage is smaller than that of the radio programme carrying the TMC service, therefore white spots do exist.
- white stork
- a large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia, that winters in Africa and breeds in Europe; in mythology, it delivers babies
- white supremacist
- An advocate of white supremacy
- white supremacy
- The ideology which holds that the white race is superior to all others
- white tea
- A drink brewed from these tea leaves
- white tea
- The leaves of a tea plant which have been processed in a manner to let them wilt slightly and lose their "grassy" taste of green tea while undergoing minimal oxidation
- white tie
- The most formal of evening wear, usually worn on state occasions and the like, consisting of an evening tailcoat, trousers, white shirt, white bow tie and waistcoat with sash, alternatively, full military dress, or national costume
You are cordially invited to dinner with His Excellency the President. Dress: White Tie.
- white tie
- A white tie function
I'm going to a white tie bash at the palace.