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white

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. colourless or transparent

7. counterrevolutionary, very conservative, or royalist

8. (of wine) made from pale grapes or from black grapes separated from their skins

9. Physics having or characterized by a continuous distribution of energy, wavelength, or frequency

10. a white colour

11. the condition or quality of being white; whiteness

12. the white or lightly coloured part or area of something

13. the viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of a bird's egg, esp a hen's egg; albumen

14. Anatomy the white part (sclera) of the eyeball

15. any of various butterflies of the family Pieridae

16. Chess draughts

a. a white or light-coloured piece or square

b. the player playing with such pieces

17. 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

18. Archery

a. the outer ring of the target, having the lowest score

b. a shot or arrow hitting this ring

19. Poetic fairness of complexion

20. in the white (of wood or furniture) left unpainted or unvarnished

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White¹

1. Gilbert. 1720--93, English clergyman and naturalist, noted for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789)

2. Jimmy. born 1962, British 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) . born 1946, British operatic bass, born in Jamaica

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White²

1. a member of the Caucasoid race

2. a person of European ancestry

3. denoting or relating to a White or Whites

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white

symbol of virginity; in American flag, purity. [Color Symbolism: Leach, 242]

See : Purity