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of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights" light free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor" pure marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter" covered 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" segregated glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire" hot benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that''s white of you" good (of coffee) having cream or milk added diluted dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns" clothed (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age" colorless 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" albescent of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population" caucasoid, light-skinned Australian writer (1912-1990) United States political journalist (1915-1986) United States architect (1853-1906) United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) 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 a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) (board games) the lighter pieces turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" empty (usually in the plural) trousers 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 colorless |
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