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White - a member of the Caucasoid race |
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Caucasian |
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individual,
mortal,
person,
somebody,
someone,
soul a single organism
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caucasian race,
caucasoid race,
white people,
white race a light-skinned race
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aryan a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
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circassian a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian
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paleface (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians)
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semite a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa
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cassite,
kassite an ancient language spoken by the Kassites
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elamite a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC
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white man a man who is White
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white woman a woman who is White
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poor white trash,
white trash (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
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honkey,
honkie,
honky,
whitey (slang) offensive names for a White man
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wasp,
white anglo-saxon protestant social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
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white - the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) |
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whiteness |
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black,
blackness,
inkiness black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black"
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achromatic color,
achromatic colour a color lacking hue; white or grey or black
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alabaster a very light white
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bleach the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
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bone,
ivory,
off-white,
pearl a shade of white the color of bleached bones
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chalk a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces
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frostiness,
hoariness a silvery-white color
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white - (board games) the lighter pieces |
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black black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black"
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man,
piece game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
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chess,
chess game a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
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checkers,
draughts a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
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White - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri |
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ar,
arkansas,
land of opportunity a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
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missouri,
mo,
show me state a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri
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White - United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918) |
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White - United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) |
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White - United States architect (1853-1906) |
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White - United States political journalist (1915-1986) |
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White - Australian writer (1912-1990) |
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White - 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) |
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white - 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" |
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black marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words"
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light,
light-colored characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
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value relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe
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albescent becoming or shading into white
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white - of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population" |
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black marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words"
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caucasian,
caucasoid of or relating to Caucasian people
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light-skinned having little skin pigmentation
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white - marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter" |
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snowy |
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covered overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
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white - free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor" |
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pure in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
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white - of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights" |
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light characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
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white - (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age" |
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whitened |
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colorless,
colourless weak in color; not colorful
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white - (of coffee) having cream or milk added |
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dilute,
diluted reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid"
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white - benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you" |
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good thorough; "had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning"
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white - glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire" |
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hot marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market"
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white - 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" |
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segregated,
unintegrated separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"
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