white


Meanings

  • a member of the Caucasoid race
  • the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
  • United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
  • 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 tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
  • the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water;
    • "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"
  • (board games) the lighter pieces
  • (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
  • turn white;
    • "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
  • 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"
  • of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration;
    • "voting patterns within the white population"
  • free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied;
    • "in shining white armor"
  • marked by the presence of snow;
    • "a white Christmas"
    • "the white hills of a northern winter"
  • 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"
  • glowing white with heat;
    • "white flames"
    • "a white-hot center of the fire"
  • benevolent; without malicious intent;
    • "that's white of you"
  • (of a surface) not written or printed on;
    • "wide white margins"
  • (of coffee) having cream or milk added
  • (of hair) having lost its color;
    • "the white hairs of old age"
  • anemic looking from illness or emotion;
    • "lips white with terror"
    • "a face white with rage"
  • of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets;
    • "white nights"
  • WHITE adj WHITER, WHITEST of the color of pure snow
  • WHITE v WHITED, WHITING, WHITES to whiten


Scrabble Score: 11

white is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

white is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

white is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 10

white is a valid Words With Friends word