White
- Proper noun. (surname, dot ) , derived from the common noun ''white''.
- Adjective. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
- Adjective. Of Caucasian race.
- Adjective. (context, of coffee) Containing cream, milk(,) or creamer.
- Adjective. (context, board games) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
- Adjective. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
- Adjective. (slang, often) exhibiting traits popularly associated with Caucasian culture, especially European high culture, as opposed to African-American culture.
- Adjective. (of a, person) Lacking coloration from ultraviolet light.
- Noun. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
- Noun. A Caucasian person.
- Noun. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
- Noun. (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
- Noun. A common name for the ''Pieris'' genus of butterflies.
- Noun. (context, sports) The cue ball in cue games.
- Noun. (countable, and) White wine.
- Noun. (slang) Street name for cocaine.
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