the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black);
a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri;
a member of the Caucasoid race;
United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918);
United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985);
United States architect (1853-1906);
United States political journalist (1915-1986);
Australian writer (1912-1990);
turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry";
of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population";
of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights";
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";
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;
(of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age";
dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns";
(of coffee) having cream or milk added;
of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins";
benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that''s white of you";
glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire";
restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization";
marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter";
free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor";
