1. of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
2. light or comparatively light in color.
3. (of human beings) belonging to a group marked by slight pigmentation of the skin, often of European descent.
4. for, limited to, or predominantly made up of white people: a white neighborhood.
5. pallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion: white with rage.
6. silvery, gray, or hoary: white hair.
7. snowy: a white Christmas.
8. lacking color; transparent.
9. (politically) ultraconservative.
10. blank, as an unoccupied space in printed matter: Fill in the white space below.
11. composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other covering.
12. wearing white clothing: a white monk.
13. decent, honorable, or dependable: That's mighty white of you.
14. auspicious or fortunate.
15. morally pure; innocent.
16. without malice; harmless: white magic.
17. (of wines) light-colored or yellowish, as opposed to red.
18. refined or processed, as flour.
19. (of coffee) containing milk.

20. a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color.
21. a hue completely desaturated by admixture with white, the highest value possible.
22. quality or state of being white.
23. lightness of skin pigment.
24. a person with light-colored skin, often of European descent.
25. a white material or substance.
26. the white part of something.
27. a pellucid viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of an egg; albumen.
28. the white part of the eyeball: He has a speck in the white of his eye.
29. whites,
• white or nearly white clothing, as in tennis whites.
• top-grade white flour.
30. white wine: Graves is a good white.
31. a type or breed that is white in color.
32. a blank space in printing.
33. a hog of any of several breeds having a white coat, as a Chester White.
34. any of several white-winged butterflies of the family Pieridae, as the common cabbage butterflies.
35. white fabric.
36. Archery.
• the outermost ring of the butt.
• an arrow that hits this portion of the butt.
• the central part of the butt or target, formerly painted white but now painted gold or yellow.
• a target painted white.
37. the men or pieces that are light-colored.
38. a member of a royalist, conservative, or reactionary political party.

39. Printing.
• to make white by leaving blank spaces (often followed by out).
• to whiten (areas of artwork) in retouching preparatory to photoengraving (often followed by out).
40. to make white; whiten.

41. white out,
• to cover (errors in copy) with a white correction fluid.
• to censor, as by obliterating words or passages with white ink.

42. to be or cause to be deprived of all one's resources: Dishonesty is bleeding the union white.
43. in an unfinished state or condition, as furniture wood that has not been stained or varnished.
44. gill¹ (def. 6).

1. U.S. diplomat and pioneer of land-grant education.
2. U.S. lawyer and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–93.
3. U.S. novelist.
4. U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1910–21.
5. U.S. astronaut: first American to walk in space 1965.
6. U.S. humorist and poet.
7. U.S. choral conductor.
8. English clergyman, naturalist, and writer.
9. Australian writer, born in England: Nobel Prize 1973.
10. U.S. architect.
11. U.S. novelist.
12. English novelist.
13. U.S. journalist and writer.
14. U.S. civil rights leader and writer: executive secretary of the NAACP 1931–55.
15. U.S. neurologist, psychiatrist, and writer.
16. U.S. journalist.

1. having no hue due to the reflection of all or almost all incident light
2. (of light, such as sunlight) consisting of all the colours of the spectrum or produced by certain mixtures of three additive primary colours, such as red, green, and blue
3. comparatively white or whitish-grey in colour or having parts of this colour
4. (of an animal) having pale-coloured or white skin, fur, or feathers
5. bloodless or pale, as from pain, emotion, etc
6. (of hair, a beard, etc) silvery or grey, usually from age
7. benevolent or without malicious intent
8. colourless or transparent
9. capped with or accompanied by snow
10. counterrevolutionary, very conservative, or royalist
11. blank, as an unprinted area of a page
12. (of wine) made from pale grapes or from black grapes separated from their skins
• (of coffee or tea) with milk or cream
• (of bread) made with white flour
14. having or characterized by a continuous distribution of energy, wavelength, or frequency
15. honourable or generous
16. (of armour) made completely of iron or steel (esp in the phrase white harness)
17. morally unblemished
18. (of times, seasons, etc) auspicious; favourable
19. having a fair complexion; blond
20. to deprive slowly of resources
21. whiter than white
• extremely clean and white
• very pure, honest, and moral

22. a white colour
23. the condition or quality of being white; whiteness
24. the white or lightly coloured part or area of something
25. the viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of a bird's egg, esp a hen's egg; albumen
26. the white part (sclera) of the eyeball
27. any of various butterflies of the family Pieridae
28. chess draughts
• a white or light-coloured piece or square
• the player playing with such pieces
29. anything that has or is characterized by a white colour, such as a white paint or pigment, a white cloth, a white ball in billiards
30. an unprinted area of a page
31. archery
• the outer ring of the target, having the lowest score
• a shot or arrow hitting this ring
32. fairness of complexion
33. (of wood or furniture) left unpainted or unvarnished

34. to create or leave white spaces in (printed or other matter)
35. to make or become white

1. a person, esp one of European ancestry, from a human population having light pigmentation of the skin

2. denoting or relating to a White person or White people

1. Gilbert. 1720–93, English clergyman and naturalist, noted for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789)
2. Jimmy. born 1962, English snooker player
3. Marco Pierre. born 1961, British chef and restaurateur
4. Patrick (Victor Martindale). 1912–90, Australian novelist: his works include Voss (1957), The Eye of the Storm (1973), and A Fringe of Leaves (1976): Nobel prize for literature 1973
5. T (erence) H (anbury). 1906–64, British novelist: author of the Arthurian sequence The Once and Future King (1939–58)
6. Willard (Wentworth) (ˈwɪlɑːd). born 1946, British operatic bass, born in Jamaica

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