Dictionary.net

being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"

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

ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage"

a member of the Caucasoid race

Australian writer (1912-1990)

United States architect (1853-1906)

United States political journalist (1915-1986)

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

(of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"

(board games) the lighter pieces

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

of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"

dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns"

(of coffee) having cream or milk added

benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that's white of you"

free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor"

being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"

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

a member of the Caucasoid race

Australian writer (1912-1990)

United States architect (1853-1906)

United States political journalist (1915-1986)

(chess or checkers) the lighter pieces

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

(of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"

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.

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.

To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.

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.

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.

To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.

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.

An ethnic group of the Caucasoid Race.

Of the color of clean snow: opposite to black; pure; innocent; having silvery hair; gray with age; having a fair skin; pale.

The color formed by the combination of all the colors in the spectrum; the color of clean snow; a white man; albumen of an egg; the part of the eyeball outside the iris.

To make of the color of clean snow; bleach.

Of the color of snow: pale: colorless: pure: unblemished: (B.) purified from sin.

The color of snow: anything white, as a white man, the mark at which an arrow is shot, the albuminous part of an egg.

A white color: anything white.

Of the color of snow; pale; pure.

Having the color of pure snow.

Having a light complexion; blond.

A color devoid of any tint, the opposite of black.

Anything white, as the white portion of the eyeball, a white person, etc.

n. The colour of pure snow; one of the natural colours of bodies, yet not strictly a colour, but a composition of all the colours;-something having the colour of snow, or reflecting to the eye the rays of light unseparated;- the centre of mark at which an arrow or other missile is short formerly painted white;-one of the white race of men.