White

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, dot ) , derived from the common noun ''white''.
  2. Adjective.  Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
  3. Adjective.  Of Caucasian race.
  4. Adjective.  (context, of coffee) Containing cream, milk(,) or creamer.
  5. 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.
  6. Adjective.  Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
  7. Adjective.  (slang, often) exhibiting traits popularly associated with Caucasian culture, especially European high culture, as opposed to African-American culture.
  8. Adjective.  (of a, person) Lacking coloration from ultraviolet light.
  9. Noun.  The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
  10. Noun.  A Caucasian person.
  11. Noun.  The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
  12. Noun.  (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
  13. Noun.  A common name for the ''Pieris'' genus of butterflies.
  14. Noun.  (context, sports) The cue ball in cue games.
  15. Noun.  (countable, and) White wine.
  16. Noun.  (slang) Street name for cocaine.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.