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white
  1. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
  2. A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
  3. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
  4. (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
  5. Any butterfly of the Pieris genus.
  6. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.
  7. (countable and uncountable) White wine.
  8. (slang) Cocaine
  9. The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
  10. A white pigment.
  11. Synonyms:
whiting
  1. A fish, Merlangius merlangus, similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic.
  2. Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including Merluccius bilinearis (the silver hake).
  3. Any of the species of Sillaginidae (smelt-whitings) inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many of which are commercially important whitefish.
  4. Examples:
    1. “Beachfront croakers and whiting are the saltwater equivalents of freshwater's redears and bluegills.”
      “Fished in good weather and sea conditions, over eighteen different species were landed from plaice and haddock to cod and whiting.”
      “They seem to have also eaten flounder, whiting, plaice, cod and brown trout too.”
whitener
  1. Any substance used to whiten something; a bleach.
  2. A person employed to whiten or bleach.
  3. (Canada) A powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk. A "non-dairy creamer".
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “She added sugar and whitener, then took a deep pull on it, trying to kick herself back awake.”
      “Mother Dairy has already launched a dairy whitener in the north-eastern market, while its butter business was kicked off last year.”
      “You used liquid detergent or detergent for colored laundry which does not contain whitener.”
whitey
  1. (pejorative) A white person, a person of European descent, a Caucasian.
  2. (Britain, slang) A state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use.
  3. Examples:
    1. “When the skein of whitey brown thread is undone, each of the little knots is cut with the scissors, which leaves the thread in needlefuls.”
      “Either way, he's lying, because whatever role he slips into is just that — a role — and one he uses to manipulate whitey.”
      “It's Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet, and the Malthusian apocalypse for whitey it paints over 47 minutes is quite unlike anything recorded before or since.”
whitening
  1. A substance, such as a bleach, used to make something white or whiter.
  2. The process of making something white or whiter.
  3. Synonyms:
whiting
  1. A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Beachfront croakers and whiting are the saltwater equivalents of freshwater's redears and bluegills.”
      “Fished in good weather and sea conditions, over eighteen different species were landed from plaice and haddock to cod and whiting.”
      “They seem to have also eaten flounder, whiting, plaice, cod and brown trout too.”
whitist
  1. (rare, nonstandard) One who is racist in favor of the white race; one who promotes the white race.
whitehood
  1. The condition of being (racially) white.
whiteishness
  1. Alternative form of whitishness
whitishness
  1. The quality of being whitish.
  2. Examples:
    1. “As a result, the people in this painting almost become silhouettes against the whitishness of the icy river.”
      “The whitishness of the Martian rock's interior suggests that the inside of the rock didn't go through the oxidizing process that produces the Red Planet's characteristic hue.”
whiteist
  1. (rare) Alternative form of whitist
whitie
  1. Alternative form of whitey
whiteness
  1. The state of being white.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The whiteness of her skin made her stand out in the crowd.”
      “She envied her sister's natural whiteness, as her own skin was always prone to tanning quickly.”
      “The unremitting whiteness of the walls is anchored by a black marble floor.”
whites
  1. plural of white
  2. Clothing or linens, especially laundry, that is white
  3. The uniform of a chef
  4. (cricket) cricket whites
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Among whites, the traditional vinho verde is a summer quaff with practically electric acidity.”
      “The Burr and Burton Academy band, crisp in summer whites accented with mountain green, contributes brass, drums, and horns.”
      “Fragrant, aromatic whites seem to go best by my reckoning, but there's plenty of scope for simple, fruity reds too.”
whitishnesses
  1. plural of whitishness
whitenings
whitenesses
whiteners
  1. plural of whitener
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Messy, smelly fake tans, foundations that disappear before lunchtime and skin whiteners could soon be a thing of the past.”
      “A disturbing trend is that they go after easily available addictives such as whiteners and petroleum-based glues.”
      “Yes it's the painfully slow tennis tournament that keeps sellers of boot whiteners in business.”
whitings
  1. plural of whiting
whities
  1. plural of whitey
  2. Examples:
    1. “Beckham was filmed performing stretches and then stripping to his tighty whities for the midrange clothing brand.”
      “She tried her mother again when her father started coming into her room dressed only in his tidy whities. She got slapped for telling lies.”
      “It would indeed be great if my red socks and my tighty whities declared themselves to my washer.”
whiteys
  1. plural of whitey
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