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Common
adj
•
Bright
and
colourless
;
reflecting
equal
quantities
of all
frequencies
of
visible light
.
•
Of or
relating
to
Caucasians
, people of
European
descent
with light-coloured
skin
.
•
Designated
for use by
Caucasians
.
•
Relatively
light
or
pale
in colour
.
•
Pale
or
pallid
, as from
fear
,
illness
, etc.
•
Lacking
coloration
(tan) from
ultraviolet light
; not
tanned
.
•
Containing
cream
,
milk
, or
creamer
.
•
In Board games & Chess:
The
standard
denomination
of the
playing
pieces
of a
board game
deemed
to
belong
to the
white
set,
no matter what
the
actual
colour
.
•
Pertaining
to an
ecclesiastical
order whose
adherents
dress
in
white
habits
;
Cistercian
.
•
Honourable
,
fair
;
decent
.
•
Grey
, as from
old age
;
having
silvery
hair
;
hoary
.
•
Characterized
by
freedom
from that which
disturbs
,
and the like
;
fortunate
;
happy
;
favourable
.
•
Regarded
with
especial
favour
;
favourite
;
darling
.
•
In Politics:
Pertaining
to
constitutional
or
anti-revolutionary
political parties
or
movements
.
•
Made from
immature
leaves
and
shoots
.
•
In Typography:
Not
containing
characters
; see
white space
.
•
In Typography:
Said of a
symbol
or
character
outline
, not
solid
, not
filled
with
color
.
Compare
black
(“said of a
character
or
symbol
filled
with
color
”).
•
Characterised
by the
presence
of
snow
.
•
Alternative
letter-case form of
white
(“of or
relating
to
Caucasians
”)
noun
•
The color/colour of
snow
or
milk
; the
colour
of
light
containing
equal
amounts
of all
visible
wavelengths
.
•
A person of
European
descent
with light-coloured
skin
.
•
Any
butterfly
of the
family
Pieridae.
•
White wine
.
•
Any
object
or
substance
that is of the
color
white
.
The
albumen
of
bird
eggs
(
egg white
).
The
snow
- or
ice-covered
"green" in
snow golf
.
A
white
pigment
.
•
In Anatomy:
Any
object
or
substance
that is of the
color
white
.
The
sclera
,
white
of the
eye
.
•
In Billiards, Snooker & Sports:
Any
object
or
substance
that is of the
color
white
.
The
cue ball
in
cue
games
.
•
In American English:
Any
object
or
substance
that is of the
color
white
.
Cocaine
•
In Archery:
The
central
part of the
butt
, which was formerly
painted
white
; the
centre
of a
mark
at which a
missile
is
shot
.
•
The
enclosed
part of a
letter
of the
alphabet
,
especially
when
handwritten
.
•
Alternative
letter-case form of
white
(“Caucasian”)
•
In Politics:
An
anticommunist
who
fought
against the
Reds
during the
Russian
Civil War
.
verb
•
To make
white
; to
whiten
; to
bleach
.
name
•
A
common
British
and
Irish
surname
, from
nicknames
.
•
A
locale
in the
United States
:
A
city
in
Georgia
;
named
for its first
postmaster
.
•
A
locale
in the
United States
:
A
city
in
South Dakota
;
named
for its first
European
settler
.
•
A
locale
in the
United States
:
An
unincorporated
community
in
Washington
;
named
for a
Washington state
judge
.
•
A
locale
in the
United States
:
A
ghost town
in
Missouri
;
named
for a
local
mining
official
.
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