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▸ adjective: (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.
▸ adjective: (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry):.
▸ adjective: (sometimes capitalized) By U.S. Census Bureau definition, of or relating to people hailing from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
▸ adjective: (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
▸ adjective: Relatively light or pale in colour.
▸ adjective: Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
▸ adjective: (of a person or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
▸ adjective: (of an animal) Affected by leucism.
▸ adjective: (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
▸ adjective: (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.
▸ adjective: Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
▸ adjective: Honourable, fair; decent.
▸ adjective: Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
▸ adjective: (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
▸ adjective: (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
▸ adjective: (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
▸ adjective: (typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
▸ adjective: (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”).
▸ adjective: Characterised by the presence of snow.
▸ adjective: (of a set of armor) Alwhite, pertaining to white armor.
▸ noun: The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
▸ noun: A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
▸ noun: Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.
▸ noun: (countable and uncountable) White wine.
▸ noun: (countable and uncountable) White coffee
▸ noun: (countable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.
▸ noun: The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
▸ noun: (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
▸ noun: (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.
▸ noun: (slang, US, UK) Cocaine.
▸ noun: The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
▸ noun: A white pigment.
▸ noun: A white bean.
▸ noun: (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
▸ noun: The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
▸ noun: A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
▸ noun: (board games, chess) The person playing with the white set of pieces.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
▸ noun: A common British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname.
▸ noun: A locale in the United States:
▸ noun: A minor city in Bartow County, Georgia; named for its first postmaster.
▸ noun: A city in South Dakota; named for its first European settler.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Washington; named for a Washington state judge.
▸ noun: A ghost town in Missouri; named for a local mining official.
▸ noun: (historical, politics) An anticommunist who fought against the Reds during the Russian Civil War; the term is mostly associated with monarchist forces.
▸ adjective: (chiefly US, sometimes Canada and UK) Alternative letter-case form of white (“of or relating to white complexion or Europeans”) [Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.]
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of white (“European”). [The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.]
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