White

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NOUN

the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft

Australian writer (1912-1990)

United States political journalist (1915-1986)

United States architect (1853-1906)

United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)

United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)

a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri

the white part of an egg

(board games) the lighter pieces

(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth

VERB

turn white

ADJ

being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness

of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration

free from moral blemish or impurity

marked by the presence of snow

restricted to whites only

glowing white with heat

benevolent

(of a surface) not written or printed on

(of coffee) having cream or milk added

(of hair) having lost its color

anemic looking from illness or emotion

of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets

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