Dutch Meaning of white
wit
Other Dutch words related to wit
Nearest Words of white
- white admiral => Gehakkelde aurelia
- white alder => Els
- white anglo-saxon protestant => Witte anglo-saxische protestant
- white ant => termiet
- white ash => Witte es
- white aspen => Witte abeel
- white avens => Witte anemoon
- white backlash => white backlash
- white baneberry => Witte nieskruidbes
- white basswood => Witte populier
Definitions and Meaning of white in English
white (n)
a Caucasian
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; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
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; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
(board games) the lighter pieces
(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
white (v)
turn white
white (a)
being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
white (s)
free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
marked by the presence of snow
restricted to whites only
glowing white with heat
benevolent; without malicious intent
(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
white (superl.)
Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
white (n.)
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. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
A white pigment; as, Venice white.
Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
white (v. t.)
To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
FAQs About the word white
wit
a Caucasian, the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black), United States jurist appointed chief j
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whit leather => Wit leer, whit => whit, whistly => fluitend, whistlingly => fluitend, whistling swan => Wilde zwaan,
