English-Thai Dictionary

White House

N ทำเนียบ ประธานาธิบดี สหรัฐอเมริกา ใน กรุง วอชิงตัน  ดี  ซี  Executive Mansion tam-niab-pa-tan-na-ti-ba-de-sa-ha-rad

 

Whitehall

N ชื่อ ถนน ใน กรุง ลอนดอน  chue-ta-non-nai-krung-lon-don

 

Whitehall

N รัฐบาล อังกฤษ (เพราะ ที่ตั้ง ของ หลาย กระทรวง อยู่ บน ถนน  Whitehall ใน กรุง ลอนดอน  rad-ta-ban-ang-krid

 

Whitehall

N เมือง ใน ตอนกลาง ของ รัฐ โอไฮโอ ใน สหรัฐอเมริกา  muang-nai-ton-klang-kong-rad-o-hi-o

 

white

ADJ(ลักษณะ  ที่ สะอาด บริสุทธ์  ti-sa-aud-bo-ri-sud

 

white

ADJ(ไวน์  ซึ่ง ทำ จาก องุ่น ขาว  sueng-tam-jak-ar-ngun

 

white

ADJ ี ขาว  kao

 

white

ADJ เกือบ ไม่มี สี  จาง  ซีด  ashen pale pallid wan colorful kuab-mai-me-se

 

white

N ชาว ผิวขาว  Caucasian Caucasoid chao-pil-kao

 

white

N สิ่ง ที่ มี สี ขาว  sing-ti-me-se-kao

 

white

N สี ขาว  se-kao

 

white ant

N ปลวก  termite pluk

 

white elephant

IDM ของ ไม่มีค่า สำหรับ เรา  ที่ ได้รับ มา เป็น ของขวัญ จาก คนอื่น ที่ คิด ว่า มัน มีค่า  kong-me-ka-sam-rab-rao-ti-dai-ma-jak-kon-uen

 

white elephant

N สิ่ง มีค่า มาก ซึ่ง เสีย ค่า เก็บรักษา จำนวนมาก  sing-ti-me-ka-mak-sueng-sia-ka-keb-rak-sa

 

white flag

N ธง สี ขาว หรือ ผ้า สี ขาว ซึ่ง ใช้ แสดง การ ยอมแพ้ หรือ สงบศึก  tong-se-kao-rue-pa-se-kao-chai-sa-dang-kan-yom-pare

 

white gold

N ทองคำขาว  tong-kam-kao

 

white goods

N ของใช้ ใน ครัวเรือน ที่ เป็น ผ้า  เช่น  ผ้าปูที่นอน  ผ้าปูโต๊ะ  ผ้าเช็ดตัว และ อื่นๆ  kong-chai-nai-kua-ruan-ti-pen-pa

 

white goods

N เครื่องใช้ ขนาดใหญ่ ใน ครัวเรือน  เช่น  ตู้เย็น  เตาไฟ  เครื่องซักผ้า  kreung-chai-ka-nad-yai-nai-kua-ruan

 

white hat

SL คนดี  คนเก่ง  ฮีโร่  kon-de

 

white heat

N ความร้อน จัด จน เกิด แสงสี ขาว แผ่ กระจาย ออกมา  kwam-ron-jad-jon-koed-sang-se-kao

 

white heat

N อารมณ์ ที่ รุนแรง  อารมณ์ ตื่นเต้น  ar-rom-ti-run-rang

 

white hope

N คนที่ คาด หวังว่า จะ นำ ชื่อเสียง มาสู่ พวกพ้อง  kon-ti-kad-wang-wa-ja-nam-chue-siang-ma

 

white knight

N บริษัท หรือ บุคคล ที่ ช่วย กู้ บริษัท อื่น ให้ พ้น จาก สถานการณ์ อัน เลวร้าย (ทางการเงิน  bo-ri-sad-rue-buk-kon-ti-chue-ku-hai-sa-ta-na-kan-de-kuan

 

white knight

N บุคคล ช่วย ผู้อื่น ให้ พ้น จาก สถานการณ์ อัน เลวร้าย  buk-kon-chue-phu-uen-hai-pon-jak-sa-ta-na-kan-leo-rai

 

white lead

N สารประกอบ ผง สี ขาว  ใช้ เป็น สาร สี  แร่ ตะกั่ว ขาว  san-pra-kob-pong-se-kao-chai-pen-se-kao

 

white lie

N คำ โกหก เล็กๆ  น้อยๆ  คำ หลีกเลี่ยง ความเศร้า โศก  ความ อึดอัด หรือ ลำบากใจ  fib kam-ko-hok-lek-lek-noi-noi

 

white meat

N เนื้อสัตว์ สี ขาว  เช่น  เนื้อไก่  หมู  กระต่าย  ซึ่ง จะ มี ไขมัน น้อยกว่า เนื้อ แดง  nuan-sad-se-kao

 

white out

PHRV ทาสี ขาว ทับ  ta-se-kao-tab

 

white paper

N เอกสาร หรือ รายงาน ทางราชการ  สมุดปกขาว  ak-ka-san-rue-rai-ngan-tang-rad-cha-kan

 

white race

N ชน ผิวขาว  Caucasian Caucasoid chon-pil-kao

 

white slave

N หญิง ผิวขาว ที่ ถูกขาย หรือ บีบบังคับ ให้ เป็น โสเภ ณี  yang-pil-kao-ti-tuk-kai-rue-bang-kab-pen-so-pea-ne

 

white tie

N โบว์ สี ขาว ที่ ผู้ชาย ผูก เมื่อ แต่ง ชุดราตรี  เครื่องแต่งตัว ชุดราตรี ของ ผู้ชาย  bo-se-kao-ti-phu-chai-puk-muan-tang-ngan

 

white wine

N เหล้าองุ่น ขาว (มี สีเหลือง หรือ สี อำพัน  lao-ar-ngun

 

white-collar

N เกี่ยวกับ งาน นั่ง โต๊ะ  มี เงินเดือน ประจำ  และ ไม่ต้อง ใช้ แรงงาน  kiao-kab-ngan-nang-to-me-ngen-pra-jam

 

white-headed

ADJ ซึ่ง มี ผม สี ขาว  ซึ่ง มี ขน สี ขาว บน หัว  sueng-me-pom-se-kao

 

white-headed

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น ที่ โปรดปราน  ซึ่ง เป็นที่ชื่นชอบ  sueng-pen-ti-pod-pan

 

white-hot

A ที่ ร้อน จัด  ที่ กระตือรือร้น อย่างมาก 

 

white-hot

ADJ ซึ่ง ร้อน จัด จน มี แสงสี ขาว แผ่ออก มา  fiery red-hot sueng-ron-jad-jon-me-se-kao-pare-ook-ma

 

whitebeam

N ต้นไม้ พื้นเมือง ของ ทวีปยุโรป และ เอเชีย  ชื่อ ละติน คือ  Sorbus aria ton-mai-puan-muang-kong-pra-thed-yu-rob

 

whitebeard

N คนแก่ ที่ มี เครา เป็น สี ขาว หรือ เทา  kon-kea-ti-me-kao-se-kao-rue-tao

 

whitecap

N คลื่น ที่ แตกเป็น ฟอง สี ขาว  kluan-ti-teak-pen-fong-se-kao

 

whiteface

N เครื่อง แต่งหน้า ที่ ทำให้ หน้าขาว ของ ตัวละคร  krueg-tang-na-ti-tam-hai-na-kao

 

whitefish

N ปลา จำพวก  Coregonidae พบ ใน อเมริกา เหนือ  ลักษณะ คล้าย ปลา เท รา ต์  รับประทาน ได้  pla-jam-puek

 

whitehead

N ตุ่ม หรือ เม็ด ขาวๆ  บน ผิวหนัง โดยเฉพาะ ที่ หน้า  สิว  milium tum-rue-med-lek-kao-kao-bon-pil-ang

 

whitely

A ที่ มี สี ขาว 

 

whiten

VI กลายเป็น สี ขาว  ขาว  pale white klai-pen-se-kao

 

whiten

VT ทำให้ ขาว  ทำให้ เป็น สี ขาว  tam-hai-kao

 

whitener

N สิ่ง ที่ ทำให้ ขาว  สารที่ ทำให้ ขาว  sing-ti-tam-hai-kao

 

whiteness

N ความขาว  kwam-kao

 

whitening

N การ ทำให้ ขาว  กระบวนการ ทำให้ ขาว  การกลายเป็น สี ขาว  kan-tam-hai-kao

 

whitesmith

N ช่าง ชุบ เหล็ก  chang-chun-lek

 

whitesmith

N ช่าง ดีบุก  ช่าง ทำ โลหะ สี ขาว  chang-de-buk

 

whitethroat

N นก ร้อง พวก  Sylvia communis มี ขนาดเล็ก  ค อมี สี ขาว 

 

whitewall

N ยางรถยนต์ ที่ มี แถบ สี ขาว อยู่ ด้านใน 

 

whitewash

N น้ำ ปูนขาว สำหรับ ทา ผนัง หรือ กำแพง  nam-puan-kao-sam-rab-ta-pa-nang-rue-kam-pang

 

whitewash

N ปูนขาว ทา ผนัง  pun-kao-ta-pa-nang

 

whitewash

N สิ่ง ที่ ปิดบัง ข้อเท็จจริง (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  สิ่ง ที่ อำพราง ความจริง  sing-ti-pid-bang-kor-ted-jing

 

whitewash

SL ปกปิด สิ่ง ไม่ดี  ซ่อนเร้น  pok-pid-sing-mai-de

 

whitewash

VT ทา กำแพง ให้ เป็น สี ขาว (โดย การ ใช้ น้ำ ปูนขาว สำหรับ ทา ผนัง หรือ กำแพง  ta-kan-pang-hai-pen-se-kao

 

whitewash

VT ปิดบัง ข้อเท็จจริง  อำพราง ความจริง  conceal cover up pid-bang-kor-ted-jing

 

whitewasher

N ผู้ ปิดบัง ข้อเท็จจริง  phu-pid-bang-kor-ted-jing

 

whitewood

N ต้นไม้ เนื้อไม้ สี ขาว หรือ สี อ่อน  ton-mai-nuan-mai-se-kao-rue-se-on

 

whitey

N คนผิวขาว (คำ สแลง หยาบ  kon-pil-kao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WHITE

a.[G.] 1. Being in the color of pure snow; snowy; not dark; as white paper; a white skin.
2. Pale; destitute of color in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; as white with fear.
3. Having the color of purity; pure; clean; free from spot; as white robed innocence.
4. Gray; as white hair; a venerable man, white with age.
5. Pure; unblemished.
No whiter page than Addisons remains.
6. In a scriptural sense, purified from sin; sanctified. Psalm 51:7.

 

WHITE-BAIT

n.[white and bait. ] A very small delicate fish, of the genus Clupea.

 

WHITE-BEAM

n.The white-leaf tree, a species of Crataegus.

 

WHITE-BEAR

n.[white and bear. ] The bear that inhabits the polar regions.

 

WHITE-BRANT

n.[white and brant. ] A species of the duck kind, the Anas hyperborea.

 

WHITE-BUG

n.[white and bug. ] An insect of the bug kind, which injures vines and some other species of fruit.

 

WHITE-CAMPION

n.[white and campion. ] A pernicious perennial weed, growing in corn land, pastures and hedges.

 

WHITE-CATERPILLAR

n.An insect of a small size, called sometimes the borer, that injures the gooseberry bush.

 

WHITE-CENTAURY

n.AN annual weed in woods and other places. It is said to form the basis of the famous Portland powder for the gout.

 

WHITE-CLOVER

n.A small species of perennial clover, bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for cattle and horses, as well as for the honey bee.

 

WHITE-CROP

n.White crops, in agriculture, are such as lose their green color or become white in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley and oats.

 

WHITE-DARNEL

n.A prolific and troublesome weed, growing among corm.

 

WHITE-EAR, WHITE-TAIL

n.A bird, the fallow finch.

 

WHITE-FACE, WHITE-BLAZE

n.A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose.

 

WHITE-FILM

n.A white film growing over the eyes of sheep and causing blindness.

 

WHITE-FOOT

n.A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.

 

WHITE-HONEYSUCKLE

n.A name sometimes given to the white clover.

 

WHITE-HORSE-FISH

n.In ichthyology, the Raia aspera nostras of Willoughby, and the Raia fullonica of Linne. It has a rough spiny back, and on the tail are three rows of strong spines. It grows to the size of the skate.

 

WHITE-LAND

n.A name which the English give to a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry, but blackish after rain.

 

WHITE-LEAD

n.A carbonate of lead, much used in painting. It is prepared by exposing sheets of lead to the fumes of an acid, usually vinegar, and suspending them in the air until the surface becomes incrusted with a white coat, which is the substance in question.

 

WHITE-LIMED

a.Whitewashed, or plastered with lime.

 

WHITE-LINE

n.Among printers, a void space, broader than usual, left between lines.

 

WHITE-LIVERED

a.[white and liver. ] 1. Having a pale look; feeble; cowardly.
2. Envious; malicious.

 

WHITE-MANGANESE

n.An ore of manganese; carbonated oxydized manganese.

 

WHITE-MEAT

n.[white and meat. ] Meats made of milk, butter, cheese, eggs and the like.

 

WHITE-POPLAR

n.A tree of the poplar kind, sometimes called the abele tree.

 

WHITE-POPPY

n.A species of poppy, sometimes cultivated for the opium which is obtained from its juice by evaporation.

 

WHITE-POT

n.[white and pot. ] A kind of food made of milk, cream, eggs, sugar, etc. baked in a pot.

 

WHITE-PRECIPITATE

n.Carbonate of mercury.

 

WHITE-PYRITE, WHITE-PYRITES

n.[white and pyrite. ] An ore of a tin-white color, passing into a brass-yellow and steel-gray, occurring in octahedral crystals, sometimes stalactitical and botryoidal. It contains 46 parts of iron, and 54 of sulphur.

 

WHITE-RENT

n.[white and rent. ] In Devon and Cornwall, a rent or duty of eight pence, payable yearly by every tinner to the duke of Cornwall, as lord of the soil.

 

WHITE-SALT

n.Salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.

 

WHITESTER

n.A bleacher. [Local. ]

 

WHITESTONE

n.IN geology, the weiss stein of Werner, and the eurite of some geologists; a species of rocks, composed essentially of feldspar, but containing mica and other minerals.

 

WHITE-SWELLING

n.[white and swelling. ] A swelling or chronic enlargement of the joints, circumscribed, without any alteration in the color of the skin, sometimes hard, sometimes yielding to pressure, sometimes indolent, but usually painful.

 

WHITE-TAIL

n.A bird, the wheat-ear, a species of Motacilla.

 

WHITE-THORN

n.A species of thorn, called also haw-thorn, of the genus Crataegus.

 

WHITE-THROAT

n.A small bird that frequents gardens and hedges, the Motacila sylvia.

 

WHITE-VITRIOL

n.In mineralogy, sulphate of zink, a natural salt.

 

WHITEWASH

n.[white and wash. ] 1. A wash or liquid composition for whitening something; a wash for making the skin fair.
2. A composition of lime and water, used for whitening the plaster of walls, etc.

 

WHITEWASH

v.t. 1. To cover with a white liquid composition, as with lime and water, etc.
2. To make white; to give a fair external appearance.

 

WHITEWASHED

pp. Covered or overspread with a white liquid composition.

 

WHITE-WASHER

n.One who whitewashes the walls or plastering of apartments.

 

WHITEWASHING

ppr. Overspreading or washing with a white liquid composition.

 

WHITE-WATER

n.A disease of sheep, of the dangerous stomachic kind.

 

WHITE-WAX

n.Bleached wax.

 

WHITE-WINE

n.Any wine of a clear transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, Sherry, Lisbon, etc. ; opposed to wine of a deep red color, as Port and Burgundy.

 

WHITEWOOD

n.A species of timber tree growing in North America, the Liriodendron, or tulip tree. The name of certain species of Bignonia.

 

WHITE

n. 1. One of the natural colors of bodies, but not strictly a color, for it is said to be a composition of all the colors; destitution of all stain or obscurity on the surface; whiteness. WE say, bleached cloth is of a good white; attired in a robe of white.
2. A white spot or thing; the mark at which an arrow is shot.
White of the eye, that part of the ball of the eye surrounding the iris or colored part. It owes its whiteness to the lunica albuginea or adnata, a partial covering of the forepart of the eye, formed by the expansion of the tendons of the muscles which move the eye-ball.
White of an egg, the albumen, or pellucid viscous fluid, which surrounds the vitellus or yelk.
An analogous part, in the seeds of plants, is called the albumen or white. It is a farinaceous fleshy or horny substance, which makes up the chief bulk of some seeds, as in grasses, corn, palms and lilies, never rising out of the ground nor performing the office of leaves, but destined solely to nourish the germinating embryo, till its roots can perform their office. It is the perispermum of Jussieu.
Spanish white, a substance used in painting, prepared from chalk, by separating from the latter its silicious impurities.

 

WHITE

v.t.To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; as whited sepulchers. Mark 9:3; Matthew 23:27.

 

WHITED

pp. Made white; whitened.

 

WHITELY

adv. Coming near to white. [Not used. ]

 

WHITEN

v.t.hwitn. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; as, to whiten cloth.

 

WHITEN

v.i.To grow white; to turn or become white. The hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.

 

WHITENED

pp. Made white; bleached.

 

WHITENER

n.One who bleaches or makes white.

 

WHITENESS

n. 1. The state of being white; white color, or freedom from any darkness or obscurity on the surface.
2. Paleness; want of a sanguineous tinge in the face.
3. Purity; cleanness; freedom from stain or blemish.

 

WHITES

n.The fluor albus, a disease of females.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WHITE

White, a. [Compar. Whiter; superl. Whitest.] Etym: [OE. whit, AS. hw; akin to OFries. and OS. hwit, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. wiz, hwiz, Icel. hvitr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright, Russ. sviet' light, Skr. white, to be bright. Wheat, Whitsunday. ]

 

1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of Ant: black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin. "Pearls white. " Chaucer. White as the whitest lily on a stream. Longfellow.

 

2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear. Or whispering with white lips, "The foe! They come! they come! " Byron.

 

3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure. White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. Dryden. No whiter page than Addison's remains. Pope.

 

4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head So old and white as this. Shak.

 

5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable. On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as one of the white days of his life. Sir W. Scott.

 

6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling. Come forth, my white spouse. Chaucer. I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. Ford.

 

Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as white- backed, white-bearded, white-footed. White alder. (Bot. ) See Sweet pepper bush, under Pepper. -- White ant (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of social pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form large and complex communities consisting of numerous asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens (or fertile females ) often having the body enormously distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous winged males, together with the larvæ and pupæ of each kind in various stages of development. Many of the species construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the form of domelike structures rising several feet above the ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable substances of various kinds, including timber, and are often very destructive to buildings and furniture. -- White arsenic (Chem. ), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a deadly poison. -- White bass (Zoöl.), a fresh-water North American bass (Roccus chrysops ) found in the Great Likes. -- White bear (Zoöl.), the polar bear. See under Polar. -- White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte. -- White brand (Zoöl.), the snow goose. -- White brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper. -- White campion. (Bot. ) (a ) A kind of catchfly (Silene stellata )with white flowers. (b ) A white-flowered Lychnis (Lychnis vespertina ). -- White canon (R. C. Ch. ), a Premonstratensian. -- White caps, the members of a secret organization in various of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked in white. -- White cedar (Bot. ), an evergreen tree of North America (Thuja occidentalis ), also the related Cupressus thyoides, or Chamæcyparis sphæroidea, a slender evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much valued for their durable timber. In California the name is given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which is also useful, though often subject to dry rot. Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc. , is a lofty tree (Icica, or Bursera, altissima ) whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as it is not attacked by insect. -- White cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte. -- White cell-blood (Med. ), leucocythæmia. -- White clover (Bot. ), a species of small perennial clover bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also under Clover. -- White copper, a whitish alloy of copper. See German silver, under German. -- White copperas (Min. ), a native hydrous sulphate of iron; coquimbite. -- White coral (Zoöl.), an ornamental branched coral (Amphihelia oculata ) native of the Mediterranean. -- White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte. -- White cricket (Zoöl.), the tree cricket. -- White crop, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop. -- White currant (Bot. ), a variety of the common red currant, having white berries. -- White daisy (Bot. ), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy. -- White damp, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal mines.Raymond. -- White elephant (Zoöl.), a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant. -- White elm (Bot. ), a majestic tree of North America (Ulmus Americana ), the timber of which is much used for hubs of wheels, and for other purposes. -- White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint. -- White feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See To show the white feather, under Feather, n. -- White fir (Bot. ), a name given to several coniferous trees of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and A. concolor. -- White flesher (Zoöl.), the ruffed grouse. See under Ruffed. [Canada ] -- White frost. See Hoarfrost. -- White game (Zoöl.), the white ptarmigan. -- White garnet (Min. ), leucite. -- White grass (Bot. ), an American grass (Leersia Virginica ) with greenish-white paleæ. -- White grouse. (Zoöl.) (a ) The white ptarmigan. (b ) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.] -- White grub (Zoöl.), the larva of the June bug and other allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and other plants, and often do much damage. -- White hake (Zoöl.), the squirrel hake. See under Squirrel. -- White hawk, or kite (Zoöl.), the hen harrier. -- White heat, the temperature at which bodies become incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which they emit. -- White hellebore (Bot. ), a plant of the genus Veratrum (V. album ) See Hellebore, 2. -- White herring, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] Shak. -- White hoolet (Zoöl.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng. ] -- White horses (Naut. ), white-topped waves; whitecaps. -- The White House. See under House. -- White ibis (Zoöl.), an American ibis (Guara alba ) having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew. -- White iron. (a ) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron. (b ) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large proportion of combined carbon. -- White iron pyrites (Min. ), marcasite. -- White land, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry, but blackish after rain. [Eng. ] -- White lark (Zoöl.), the snow bunting. -- White lead. (a ) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for other purposes; ceruse. (b ) (Min. ) Native lead carbonate; cerusite. -- White leather, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and salt. -- White leg (Med. ), milk leg. See under Milk. -- White lettuce (Bot. ), rattlesnake root. See under Rattlesnake. -- White lie. See under Lie. -- White light. (a ) (Physics ) Light having the different colors in the same proportion as in the light coming directly from the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1. (b ) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white illumination for signals, etc. -- White lime, a solution or preparation of lime for whitewashing; whitewash. -- White line (Print. ), a void space of the breadth of a line, on a printed page; a blank line. -- White meat. (a ) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry. (b ) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc. Driving their cattle continually with them, and feeding only upon their milk and white meats. Spenser. -- White merganser (Zoöl.), the smew. -- White metal. (a ) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia, etc. (b ) (Metal. ) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a certain stage in copper smelting. -- White miller. (Zoöl.) (a ) The common clothes moth. (b ) A common American bombycid moth (Spilosoma Virginica ) which is pure white with a few small black spots; -- called also ermine moth, and virgin moth. See Woolly bear, under Woolly. -- White money, silver money. -- White mouse (Zoöl.), the albino variety of the common mouse. -- White mullet (Zoöl.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema ) ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; -- called also blue- back mullet, and liza. -- White nun (Zoöl.), the smew; -- so called from the white crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its head, which give the appearance of a hood. -- White oak. (Bot. ) See under Oak. -- White owl. (Zoöl.) (a ) The snowy owl. (b ) The barn owl. -- White partridge (Zoöl.), the white ptarmigan. -- White perch. (Zoöl.) (a ) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana ) valued as a food fish. (b ) The croaker, or fresh- water drum. (c ) Any California surf fish. -- White pine. (Bot. ) See the Note under Pine. -- White poplar (Bot. ), a European tree (Populus alba ) often cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele. -- White poppy (Bot. ), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy. -- White powder, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise. [Obs. ] A pistol charged with white powder. Beau. & Fl. -- White precipitate. (Old Chem. ) See under Precipitate. -- White rabbit. (Zoöl.) (a ) The American northern hare in its winter pelage. (b ) An albino rabbit. -- White rent, (a ) (Eng. Law ) Formerly, rent payable in silver; -- opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3. (b ) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng. ] -- White rhinoceros. (Zoöl.) (a ) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Indicus ). See Rhinoceros. (b ) The umhofo. -- White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral purity; as, the White-ribbon Army. -- White rope (Naut. ), untarred hemp rope. -- White rot. (Bot. ) (a ) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease called rot in sheep. (b ) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot. -- White sage (Bot. ), a white, woolly undershrub (Eurotia lanata ) of Western North America; -- called also winter fat. -- White salmon (Zoöl.), the silver salmon. -- White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt. -- White scale (Zoöl.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii ) injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under Orange. -- White shark (Zoöl.), a species of man-eating shark. See under Shark. -- White softening. (Med. ) See Softening of the brain, under Softening. -- White spruce. (Bot. ) See Spruce, n., 1. -- White squall (Naut. ), a sudden gust of wind, or furious blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on the surface of the sea. -- White staff, the badge of the lord high treasurer of England. Macaulay. -- White stork (Zoöl.), the common European stork. -- White sturgeon. (Zoöl.) See Shovelnose (d ). -- White sucker. (Zoöl.) (a ) The common sucker. (b ) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum ). -- White swelling (Med. ), a chronic swelling of the knee, produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind. -- White tombac. See Tombac. -- White trout (Zoöl.), the white weakfish, or silver squeteague (Cynoscion nothus ), of the Southern United States. -- White vitriol (Chem. ), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See White vitriol, under Vitriol. -- White wagtail (Zoöl.), the common, or pied, wagtail. -- White wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching. -- White whale (Zoöl.), the beluga. -- White widgeon (Zoöl.), the smew. -- White wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc. ; -- distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe. " Chaucer. -- White witch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent purposes. Addison. Cotton Mather. -- White wolf. (Zoöl.) (a ) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger ) native of Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and Thibetan wolf. (b ) The albino variety of the gray wolf. -- White wren (Zoöl.), the willow warbler; -- so called from the color of the under parts.

 

WHITE

WHITE White, n.

 

1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1. Finely attired in a of white. Shak.

 

2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.

 

3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot. 'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white. Shak.

 

4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.

 

5. A white pigment; as, Venice white.

 

6. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage. Black and white. See under Black. -- Flake white, Paris white, etc. See under Flack, Paris, etc. -- White of a seed (Bot. ), the albumen. See Albumen, 2. -- White of egg, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar, with some inorganic matter. Heated above 6 º C. it coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it contains. Parr. -- White of the eye (Anat. ), the white part of the ball of the eye surrounding the transparent cornea.

 

WHITE

White, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whited; p. pr. & vb. n. Whiting. ] Etym: [AS. hwitan.]

 

Defn: To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach. Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of. .. uncleanness. Matt. xxiii. 27. So as no fuller on earth can white them. Mark. ix. 3.

 

WHITEBACK

WHITEBACK White "back `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The canvasback.

 

WHITEBAIT

WHITEBAIT White "bait `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England. (b ) A small translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis ) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.

 

WHITEBEAM

WHITEBEAM White "beam `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The common beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria ); -- so called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves.

 

WHITEBEARD

WHITEBEARD White "beard `, n.

 

Defn: An old man; a graybeard.

 

WHITEBELLY

WHITEBELLY White "bel `ly, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The American widgeon, or baldpate. (b ) The prairie chicken.

 

WHITEBILL

WHITEBILL White "bill `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The American coot.

 

WHITE-BLAZE

WHITE-BLAZE White "-blaze `, n.

 

Defn: See White-face.

 

WHITEBLOW

WHITEBLOW White "blow `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.

 

WHITEBOY

WHITEBOY White "boy `, n.

 

1. A favorite. [Obs. ] See White, a., 6. "One of God's whiteboys." Bunyan.

 

2. One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 176 , ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids.

 

WHITEBOYISM

WHITEBOYISM White "boy `ism, n.

 

Defn: The conduct or principle of the Whiteboys.

 

WHITECAP

WHITECAP White "cap `, n.

 

1. (Zoöl.) (a ) The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead. (b ) The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head. (c ) The European tree sparrow.

 

2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening.

 

WHITECOAT

WHITECOAT White "coat `, n.

 

Defn: The skin of a newborn seal; also, the seal itself. [Sealers' Cant ]

 

WHITE-EAR

WHITE-EAR White "-ear `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The wheatear.

 

WHITE ELEPHANT

WHITE ELEPHANT White elephant.

 

Defn: Something requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit; any burdensome possession. [Slang ]

 

WHITE-EYE

WHITE-EYE White "-eye `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. coerulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit.

 

WHITE-FACE

WHITE-FACE White "-face `, n.

 

Defn: A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.

 

WHITEFISH

WHITEFISH White "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species (C. clupeiformis ) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake whitefish, and Oswego bass. (b ) The menhaden. (c ) The beluga, or white whale.

 

Note: Various other fishes are locally called whitefish, as the silver salmon, the whiting (a ), the yellowtail, and the young of the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix ).

 

WHITEFLAW

White "flaw `, n. Etym: [See Whitlow. ] (Med. )

 

Defn: A whitlow. [Obs. ] Holland.

 

WHITE FLY

WHITE FLY White fly.

 

Defn: Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.

 

WHITE-FOOT

WHITE-FOOT White "-foot `, n. (Far. )

 

Defn: A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.

 

WHITE FRIAR

WHITE FRIAR White " fri `ar. (Eccl.)

 

Defn: A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.

 

WHITE-FRONTED

WHITE-FRONTED White `-front "ed, a.

 

Defn: Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose (Zoöl.), the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.

 

WHITEHEAD

WHITEHEAD White "head `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The blue-winged snow goose. (b ) The surf scoter.

 

WHITEHEAD TORPEDO; WHITEHEAD

WHITEHEAD TORPEDO; WHITEHEAD White "head ` tor *pe "do, or White "head `, n.

 

Defn: A form of self-propelling torpedo.

 

WHITE-HEART

WHITE-HEART White "-heart `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.

 

WHITE HORSE

WHITE HORSE White horse.

 

Defn: A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of sperm whales, just above the upper jaw and extending in streaks into the junk above it. It resembles blubber, but contains no oil. Also, the part of the head in which it occurs.

 

WHITE-HOT

WHITE-HOT White "-hot `, a.

 

Defn: White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence.

 

WHITE-LIMED

WHITE-LIMED White "-limed `, a.

 

Defn: Whitewashed or plastered with lime. "White-limed walls." Shak.

 

WHITE LIST

WHITE LIST White list. (a ) A list of business concerns regarded as worthy of patronage by reason of compliance with certain conditions, as in regard to treatment of employees; as, the white list of the Consumers' League. [Cant ] (b ) (New York Stock Exchange ) The official list of all transactions, published daily on white paper, divided into sales from 1 to 12, 12 to 2, and 2 to 3.

 

WHITE-LIVERED

WHITE-LIVERED White "-liv `ered, a.

 

Defn: Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly. They must not be milksops, nor white-livered knights. Latimer.

 

WHITELY

WHITELY White "ly, a.

 

Defn: Like, or coming near to, white. [Obs. ]

 

WHITE MUSTARD

WHITE MUSTARD White mustard.

 

Defn: A kind of mustard (Sinapis alba ) with rough-hairy foliage, a long-beaked hispid pod, and pale seeds, which yield mustard and mustard oil. The plant is also grown for forage.

 

WHITEN

Whit "en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whitened; p. pr. & vb. n. Whitening. ]Etym: [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hvitna.]

 

Defn: To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.

 

WHITEN

WHITEN Whit "en, v. t.

 

Defn: To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth. The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans. Macaulay.

 

Syn. -- See Blanch.

 

WHITENER

WHITENER Whit "en *er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.

 

WHITENESS

White "ness, n. Etym: [AS. hwitness.]

 

1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. Chaucer.

 

2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. "The whiteness in thy cheek. " Shak.

 

3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. Byron.

 

4. Nakedness. [Obs. ] Chapman.

 

5. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A flock of swans.

 

WHITENING

WHITENING Whit "en *ing, n.

 

1. The act or process of making or becoming white.

 

2. That which is used to render white; whiting. [R.] Whitening stone, a sharpening and polishing stone used by cutlers; also, a finishing grindstone of fine texture.

 

WHITE PERSON

WHITE PERSON White person.

 

Defn: A person of the Caucasian race (6 Fed. Rep. 256 ). In the time of slavery in the United States white person was generally construed as a person without admixture of colored blood. In various statutes and decisions in different States since 1865 white person is construed as in effect: one not having any negro blood (Ark. , Okla. ); one having less than one eighth of negro blood (Ala. , Fla. , Ga. , Ind. , Ky. , Md. , Minn. , Miss. , Mo. , N.C., S.C., Tenn. , Tex. ); one having less than one fourth (Mich. , Neb. , Ore. , Va. ); one having less than one half (Ohio ).

 

WHITE PLAGUE

WHITE PLAGUE White plague.

 

Defn: Tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs.

 

WHITE-POT

WHITE-POT White "-pot `, n.

 

Defn: A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc. , baked in a pot. King.

 

WHITERUMP

WHITERUMP White "rump `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The American black-tailed godwit.

 

WHITES

WHITES Whites, n. pl.

 

1. (Med. )

 

Defn: Leucorrh

 

2. The finest flour made from white wheat.

 

3. Cloth or garments of a plain white color.

 

WHITESIDE

WHITESIDE White "side `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The golden-eye.

 

WHITE SLAVE

WHITE SLAVE White slave.

 

Defn: A woman held in involuntary confinement for purposes of prostitution; loosely, any woman forced into unwilling prostitution.

 

WHITE SLAVER

WHITE SLAVER White slaver.

 

Defn: A person engaged in procuring or holding a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.

 

WHITE SLAVING

WHITE SLAVING White slaving.

 

Defn: The action of one who procures or holds a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.

 

WHITESMITH

WHITESMITH White "smith `, n.

 

1. One who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith.

 

2. A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it.

 

WHITESTER

White "ster, n. Etym: [White + -ster. ]

 

Defn: A bleacher of lines; a whitener; a whitster. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

WHITETAIL

WHITETAIL White "tail `, n.

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The Virginia deer.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The wheatear. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

WHITETHORN

WHITETHORN White "thorn `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The hawthorn.

 

WHITETHROAT

WHITETHROAT White "throat `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea ), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (S. hortensis ), and the lesser whitethroat (S. curruca ).

 

WHITETOP

WHITETOP White "top `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Fiorin.

 

WHITEWALL

WHITEWALL White "wall `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

WHITEWASH

WHITEWASH White "wash ` (, n.

 

1. Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair. Addison.

 

2. A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc. ; milk of lime.

 

WHITEWASH

White "wash `, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whitewashed; p. pr. & vb. n.Whitewashing. ]

 

1. To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.

 

2. To make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt ) from obligation to pay debts.

 

WHITEWASHER

WHITEWASHER White "wash `er, n.

 

Defn: One who whitewashes.

 

WHITE-WATER

WHITE-WATER White "-wa `ter, n. (Far. )

 

Defn: A dangerous disease of sheep.

 

WHITEWEED

WHITEWEED White "weed `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum ) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.

 

WHITEWING

WHITEWING White "wing `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing. (b ) The velvet duck.

 

WHITEWOOD

WHITEWOOD White "wood `, n.

 

Defn: The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron ). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.

 

Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc. Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.

 

WHITEWORT

WHITEWORT White "wort `, n. (Bot. )(a ) Wild camomile. (b ) A kind of Solomon's seal (Polygonum officinale ).

 

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white |(h )wīt (h )waɪt | ▶adjective 1 of the color of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of most wavelengths of visible light; the opposite of black: a sheet of white paper. • approaching such a color; very pale: her face was white with fear. • (of a plant ) having white flowers or pale-colored fruit. • (of a tree ) having light-colored bark. • (of wine ) made from white grapes, or dark grapes with the skins removed, and having a yellowish color. • Brit. (of coffee or tea ) served with milk or cream. • (of glass ) transparent; colorless. • (of bread ) made from a light-colored, sifted, or bleached flour. 2 (also White ) belonging to or denoting a human group having light-colored skin (chiefly used of peoples of European extraction ): a white farming community. • of or relating to such people: white Australian culture. 3 historical counterrevolutionary or reactionary. Contrasted with red ( sense 2 of the adjective ). ▶noun 1 white color or pigment: garnet-red flowers flecked with white | the woodwork was an immaculate white. • white clothes or material: he was dressed from head to foot in white. • (whites ) white clothes, esp. as worn for playing tennis, or as naval uniform, or in the context of washing: wash whites separately. • white wine. • ( White ) the player of the white pieces in chess or checkers. • the white pieces in chess. • a white thing, in particular the white ball (the cue ball ) in billiards. • the outer part (white when cooked ) that surrounds the yolk of an egg; the albumen. • white bread: tuna on white. 2 the visible pale part of the eyeball around the iris. 3 (also White ) a member of a light-skinned people, esp. one of European extraction. 4 [ with modifier ] a white or cream butterfly that has dark veins or spots on the wings. It can be a serious crop pest. [Pieris and other genera, family Pieridae. See also cabbage white . ] ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic paint or turn (something ) white: your passion hath whited your face. PHRASES whited sepulcher literary a hypocrite. [with biblical allusion to Matt. 23:27. ] white man's burden the task that white colonizers believed they had to impose their civilization on the black inhabitants of their colonies. [from Rudyard Kipling's The White Man's Burden (1899 ).] whiter than white extremely white. • morally beyond reproach. PHRASAL VERBS white out (of vision ) become impaired by exposure to sudden bright light. • (of a person ) lose color vision as a prelude to losing consciousness. white something out 1 obliterate a mistake with white correction fluid. • cover one's face or facial blemishes completely with makeup. 2 impair someone's vision with a sudden bright light. DERIVATIVES white ly adverb, white ness noun, whit ish adjective ORIGIN late Old English hwīt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wit and German weiss, also to wheat .

 

White, Byron Raymond

White, Byron Raymond |(h )wīt waɪt | (1917 –2002 ), US Supreme Court associate justice 1962 –93. Appointed to the Court by President Kennedy, he was considered a moderate, or centrist, and was often the swing vote when the Court was evenly divided. Before becoming a lawyer in 1946, he played professional football and studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar.

 

White, E. B.

White, E. B. |(h )wīt waɪt | (1899 –1985 ), US writer; full name Elwyn Brooks White. He was a chief contributor to The New Yorker magazine from 1926 and Harper's magazine 1938 –43 and the author of the children's classics Stuart Little (1945 ), Charlotte's Web (1952 ), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970 ).

 

White, Edward Douglass

White, Edward Douglass |(h )wīt waɪt |, Jr. (1845 –1921 ), US chief justice 1910 –21. Before being appointed to the Court as an associate justice 1894 –1910 by President Cleveland, he served as a US senator from Louisiana 1891 –94. Appointed chief justice by President Taft, he was the first associate justice to go on to that higher post. He was noted for his work on antitrust legislation.

 

White, Gilbert

White |wʌɪt | (1720 –93 ), English clergyman and naturalist. He wrote many letters to friends on aspects of natural history in his native village of Selborne, Hampshire; these were published in 1789 as The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, which has remained in print ever since.

 

White, Patrick

White, Patrick |(h )waɪt (h )wīt | (1912 –90 ), Australian novelist, born in Britain; full name Patrick Victor Martindale White. He is noted for the novels The Tree of Man (1955 ) and Voss (1957 ). Nobel Prize for Literature (1973 ).

 

White, T. H.

White, T. H. |(h )waɪt (h )wīt | (1906 –64 ), British novelist, born in India; full name Terence Hanbury White. He is best known for the tetralogy The Once and Future King, his reworking of the Arthurian legend, which began with The Sword in the Stone (1938 ).

 

White, Theodore H.

White, Theodore H. |(h )wīt waɪt | (1915 –86 ), US journalist and historian. He is best known for The Making of the President 1960 (Pulitzer Prize, 1962 ). Other works include In Search of History (1978 ) and America in Search of Itself (1982 ).

 

white admiral

white ad mi ral ▶noun a North American butterfly that has black wings bearing a broad white band and a marginal row of blue dashes. [Limenitis arthemis, subfamily Limenitinae, family Nymphalidae. See red-spotted purple . ]

 

white ant

white ant ▶noun another term for termite.

 

White Army

White Ar my ▶noun any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War of 1918 –21.

 

white arsenic

white ar se nic ▶noun an extremely toxic soluble white solid made by burning arsenic. [Alternative name: arsenic trioxide; chem. formula: As 2 O 3. ]

 

whitebait

white bait |ˈ (h )wītˌbāt ˈ (h )waɪtˌbeɪt | ▶noun the small silvery-white young of herrings, sprats, and similar marine fish, eaten in numbers as food.

 

white balance

white bal ance ▶noun the color balance on a digital camera.

 

white bass

white bass |bās ˌwaɪt ˈbæs | ▶noun a North American freshwater bass with dark horizontal stripes. [Morone chrysops, family Percichthyidae. ]

 

white bat

white bat ▶noun a bat with white fur found mainly in Central America. ●Genus Diclidurus, family Emballonuridae (four species, in particular D. virgo, also called ghost bat ); and Ectophylla alba (family Phyllostomidae ).

 

whitebeam

white |beam |ˈwʌɪtbiːm | ▶noun a European tree related to the rowan, with red berries and hairy oval leaves that are white underneath. ●Sorbus aria, family Rosaceae.

 

White Bear Lake

White Bear Lake a city in southeastern Minnesota, northeast of St. Paul; pop. 24,095 (est. 2008 ).

 

white belt

white belt ▶noun a white belt worn by a beginner in judo or karate. • a person wearing such a belt.

 

white birch

white birch ▶noun a birch tree with white bark, esp. the paper birch or the European silver birch.

 

white blood cell

white blood cell |(h )waɪt bləd sɛl | ▶noun less technical term for leukocyte.

 

whiteboard

white board |ˈ (h )wītˌbôrd ˈ (h )waɪtˌbɔ (ə )rd | ▶noun a wipeable board with a white surface used for teaching or presentations. • (also interactive whiteboard ) Computing an area on a display screen common to several users, on which they can write and draw.

 

white book

white book ▶noun a book of rules, standards, or records, esp. an official government report, bound in white.

 

white-bread

white-bread |(h )waɪt brɛd | ▶adjective informal of, belonging to, or representative of the white middle classes; not progressive, radical, or innovative: inoffensive white-bread comedies.

 

white bryony

white bry o ny ▶noun see bryony ( sense 1 ).

 

whitecap

white cap |ˈ (h )wītˌkap ˈwaɪtkæp | ▶noun a small wave with a foamy crest.

 

white cedar

white ce dar ▶noun a North American tree of the cypress family. [Thuja and other genera, family Cupressaceae: several species, in particular the northern white cedar (T. occidentalis ), which yields timber and medicinal oil. ]

 

white cell

white cell ▶noun less technical term for leukocyte.

 

white chocolate

white choc o late ▶noun a whitish candy made with cocoa butter.

 

white Christmas

white Christ mas |(h )waɪt ˈkrɪsməs | ▶noun a Christmas during which there is snow on the ground.

 

white clover

white clo ver ▶noun see clover.

 

whitecoat

white |coat |ˈwʌɪtkəʊt | ▶noun Canadian an infant harp seal, which has whitish fur.

 

white-collar

white-col lar |ˈ (h )waɪt ˈˌkɑlər | ▶adjective of or relating to the work done or those who work in an office or other professional environment. • denoting nonviolent crime committed by white-collar workers, esp. fraud.

 

white currant

white cur rant ▶noun a cultivated variety of red currant with pale edible berries. The berries are insipid and generally used for jams and jellies, in combination with other fruits.

 

white dwarf

white dwarf |ˌ (h )waɪt ˈdwɔrf | ▶noun Astronomy a small very dense star that is typically the size of a planet. A white dwarf is formed when a low-mass star has exhausted all its central nuclear fuel and lost its outer layers as a planetary nebula.

 

white elephant

white el e phant |ˌ (h )waɪd ˈɛləfənt | ▶noun a possession that is useless or troublesome, esp. one that is expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose of. ORIGIN from the story that the kings of Siam gave such animals as a gift to courtiers considered obnoxious, in order to ruin the recipient by the great expense incurred in maintaining the animal.

 

white ensign

white en ¦sign ▶noun a white flag carrying a St George's cross with the Union Jack in the top corner next to the flagstaff, flown by the Royal and most Commonwealth navies and the Royal Yacht Squadron.

 

white-eye

white-eye ▶noun a small Old World songbird with a ring of white feathers around the eye. [Family Zosteropidae: several genera, in particular Zosterops, and numerous species. ]

 

whiteface

white face |ˈ (h )wītˌfās ˈwaɪtfeɪs | ▶noun 1 white stage makeup. 2 a Hereford cow or bull.

 

White Father

White Fa ther ▶noun 1 a white man regarded by people of a nonwhite race as having authority over them. 2 a member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, a Roman Catholic order founded in Algiers in 1868. ORIGIN translating French Père Blanc .

 

white feather

white feath er ▶noun a white feather given to someone as a sign that the giver considers them a coward. PHRASES show the white feather Brit. dated behave in a cowardly fashion. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: with reference to a white feather in the tail of a game bird, being a mark of bad breeding.

 

white fir

white fir ▶noun a North American fir that has a whitish coloration on both sides of its flat needles. White firs are common in the mountainous coastal areas of California, the Sierra Nevada, and the southern Rockies. [Abies concolor, family Pinaceae. ]

 

whitefish

white fish |ˈ (h )wītˌfiSH ˈ (h )waɪtˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or whitefishes ) a mainly freshwater fish of the salmon family, widely used as food. [Coregonus and other genera, family Salmonidae: several species. ]

 

white fish

white fish |(h )waɪt fɪʃ | ▶noun fish with pale flesh, such as plaice, halibut, cod, and haddock.

 

white flag

white flag |ˈˌ (h )waɪt ˈflæɡ | ▶noun a white flag or cloth used as a symbol of surrender, truce, or a desire to parley.

 

white flight

white flight ▶noun the move of white city-dwellers to the suburbs to escape the influx of minorities.

 

white flour

white flour |(h )waɪt ˈflaʊ (ə )r | ▶noun fine wheat flour, typically bleached, from which most of the bran and germ have been removed.

 

whitefly

white fly |ˈ (h )wītˌflī ˈwaɪtflaɪ | ▶noun ( pl. same or whiteflies ) a minute winged bug covered with powdery white wax, damaging plants by feeding on the sap and coating them with honeydew. [Family Aleyrodidae, suborder Homoptera: numerous genera and species. ]

 

white-footed mouse

white-foot ed mouse ▶noun a common deer mouse with white feet, found in the US and Mexico. [Peromyscus leucopus, family Muridae. ]

 

White Friar

White Fri ar ▶noun a Carmelite monk. ORIGIN late Middle English: so named because of the white habits worn by the monks.

 

whitefront

white front |ˈ (h )wītˌfrənt ˈwaɪtfrənt |(also white-fronted goose ) ▶noun a migratory goose with mainly gray plumage and a white forehead, breeding in northern Eurasia and North America. [Genus Anser, family Anatidae: two species. ]

 

white gold

white gold ▶noun a silver-colored alloy of gold with nickel, platinum, or another metal.

 

white goods

white goods |ˈ (h )waɪt ˌɡʊdz | ▶plural noun 1 large electrical goods used domestically such as refrigerators and washing machines, typically white in color. Compare with brown goods. 2 archaic domestic linen.

 

Whitehall

White hall |ˈ (h )wītˌhôl ˈ (h )waɪtˌhɔl | a street in Westminster, London, on which many government offices are located. • used as an allusive reference to the British Civil Service. • used as an allusive reference to the British government, its offices, or its policy: a pledge was given by Whitehall to protect British troops in Bosnia.

 

white-handed gibbon

white-hand ed gib bon ▶noun the common gibbon, which has white hands and feet and is found in Thailand and Malaysia. Also called lar gibbon. [Hylobates lar, family Hylobatidae. ]

 

whitehead

white head |ˈ (h )wītˌhed ˈwaɪthɛd | ▶noun informal a pale or white-topped pustule on the skin.

 

Whitehead, Alfred North

White head, Alfred North |ˈ (h )wītˌ (h )ed ˈwaɪthɛd | (1861 –1947 ), English philosopher and mathematician. He is remembered chiefly for Principia Mathematica (1910 –13 ), on which he collaborated with his student Bertrand Russell.

 

white heat

white heat |ˈˌ (h )waɪt ˈhit | ▶noun the temperature or state of something that is so hot that it emits white light. • [ in sing. ] a state of intense passion or activity.

 

white hole

white hole ▶noun Astronomy a hypothetical celestial object that expands outward from a space-time singularity and emits energy, in the manner of a time-reversed black hole.

 

white hope

white hope |ˈˌ (h )waɪt ˈhoʊp | ▶noun a person expected to bring much success to a group or organization: he was the great white hope for many kids trapped in bad lives. • formerly, a white boxer believed by fans to be able to beat a black champion.

 

Whitehorse

White horse |ˈ (h )wītˌhôrs ˈwaɪthɔrs | the capital of Yukon Territory in northwestern Canada; pop. 20,461 (2006 ). Situated on the Alaska Highway, it is the center of a copper-mining and fur-trapping region.

 

white horses

white hors es |ˌ (h )waɪt ˈhɔrsəz | ▶plural noun white-crested sea waves.

 

white-hot

white-hot |ˈˌ (h )waɪt ˈhɑt | ▶adjective at white heat: a shower of white-hot embers.

 

White House

White House |ˈ (h )waɪt ˌhaʊs | 1 the official residence of the US president in Washington, DC. • the US president, presidency, or government: the White House denounced the charge. 2 the Russian parliament building.

 

white ibis

white i bis ▶noun a white ibis with a red face and a long decurved red bill, found chiefly from the southern US to northern South America. [Eudocimus albus, family Threskiornithidae. ]

 

white information

white in |for |ma ¦tion ▶noun [ mass noun ] positive information about a person's creditworthiness held by a bank or similar institution.

 

white knight

white knight |ˈˌ (h )waɪt ˈnaɪt | ▶noun a person or thing that comes to someone's aid. • a person or company making an acceptable counteroffer for a company facing a hostile takeover bid.

 

white-knuckle

white-knuck le ▶adjective [ attrib. ] (esp. of a vehicle, boat, or airplane ride ) causing excitement or tension. ORIGIN 1970s: with reference to the effect caused by gripping tightly to steady oneself.

 

white-knuckled

white-knuck led ▶adjective informal (of a person ) showing signs of extreme tension due to fear or anger.

 

white-label

white-la bel ▶adjective denoting a musical recording for which the fully printed commercial label is not yet available, and which has been supplied with a plain white label before general release for promotional purposes. ▶noun (white label ) a recording released in such a way.

 

White Lady

White La dy |(h )waɪt ˈleɪdi | ▶noun a cocktail made with gin, orange liqueur, and lemon juice.

 

white land

white land ▶noun [ mass noun ] open land not designated for development or change of use, or on which development is not allowed.

 

white lead

white lead |led ˌwaɪt ˈlɛd | ▶noun a white pigment consisting of a mixture of lead carbonate and lead hydroxide.

 

white lie

white lie |ˈˌ (h )waɪt ˈlaɪ | ▶noun a harmless or trivial lie, esp. one told to avoid hurting someone's feelings.

 

white light

white light |(h )waɪt laɪt | ▶noun apparently colorless light, for example ordinary daylight. It contains all the wavelengths of the visible spectrum at equal intensity.

 

white lightning

white light ning ▶noun illicit homemade whiskey, typically colorless and distilled from corn.

 

white lime

white lime ▶noun [ mass noun ] lime mixed with water as a coating for walls; whitewash.

 

white list

white list ▶noun informal a list of people or products viewed with approval. Compare with blacklist. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (white-list ) place on such a list: it is not possible to whitelist specific users based on their e-mail address or domain name.

 

whitelisting

white list ing |ˈ (h )wītˌlistiNG ˈ (h )waɪtˌlɪstɪŋ | ▶noun Computing the use of anti-spam filtering software to allow only specified e-mail addresses to get through. ORIGIN on the pattern of blacklisting .

 

white magic

white mag ic ▶noun magic used only for good purposes. DERIVATIVES white ma gi cian noun

 

white matter

white mat ter ▶noun the paler tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting mainly of nerve fibers with their myelin sheaths. Compare with gray matter.

 

white meat

white meat |(h )waɪt mit | ▶noun pale meat such as poultry, veal, and rabbit. Often contrasted with red meat.

 

white metal

white met al ▶noun a white or silvery alloy, esp. a tin-based alloy used for the surfaces of bearings.

 

white meter

white meter ▶noun a meter for measuring the off-peak consumption of electricity.

 

White Mountains

White Moun tains a range that rises to 6,288 feet (1,918 m ) at Mount Washington, situated in northern New Hampshire, part of the Presidential Range in the Appalachian system.

 

white mouse

white mouse ▶noun an albino form of the house mouse, widely bred as a pet and laboratory animal.

 

whiten

whit en |ˈ (h )wītn ˈ (h )waɪtn | ▶verb make or become white: [ with obj. ] : snow whitened the mountain tops | [ no obj. ] : she gripped the handle until her knuckles whitened. DERIVATIVES whit en er noun

 

white night

white night ▶noun 1 a sleepless night. [translating French nuit blanche. ] 2 a night when it is never properly dark, as in high latitudes in summer.

 

White Nile

White Nile the name for the main, western branch of the Nile River that flows between the Uganda –Sudan border and its confluence with the Blue Nile at Khartoum.

 

white noise

white noise |(h )waɪt nɔɪz | ▶noun Physics noise containing many frequencies with equal intensities.

 

white oil

white oil ▶noun a colourless petroleum distillate, especially liquid paraffin, used medicinally and in the food and plastic industries.

 

whiteout

white out |ˈ (h )wītˌout ˈwaɪtaʊt | ▶noun 1 a blizzard, esp. in polar regions, that reduces visibilities to near zero. • a weather condition in which the features and horizon of snow-covered country are indistinguishable due to uniform light diffusion. 2 white correction fluid for covering typing or writing mistakes. 3 a loss of color vision due to rapid acceleration, often before a loss of consciousness.

 

white pages

white pa ges ▶noun the part of the telephone book that lists residential and business telephone numbers in alphabetical order by name, usually without any advertising copy.

 

white paper

white pa per ▶noun a government or other authoritative report giving information or proposals on an issue.

 

White Pass

White Pass a pass from Skagway in Alaska into British Columbia that provided a route for gold seekers in the 1890s Klondike rush. A railroad here, opened in 1900, draws tourists.

 

white pepper

white pep per |(h )waɪt ˈpɛpər | ▶noun the husked ripe or unripe berries of the pepper (see pepper ( sense 2 of the noun )), typically ground and used as a condiment.

 

white phosphorus

white phos pho rus ▶noun see phosphorus.

 

white pine

white pine ▶noun any of a number of coniferous trees with whitish timber, in particular: [● a North American tree that yields high-quality timber that is valued for intricate work (Pinus strobus, family Pinaceae ). ● the kahikatea. ]

 

White Plains

White Plains a commercial city in southeastern New York, the seat of Westchester County; pop. 57,342 (est. 2008 ).

 

white pointer

white point er ▶noun another term for great white shark.

 

white poplar

white pop lar ▶noun a Eurasian poplar with lobed leaves that are white underneath and gray-green above. Also called abele. [Populus alba, family Salicaceae. ]

 

white pudding

white pud |ding ▶noun [ mass noun ] a kind of sausage made of oatmeal and suet.

 

white rhinoceros

white rhi noc er os ▶noun a very large two-horned African rhinoceros with broad lips. [Ceratotherium simum, family Rhinocerotidae. ]

 

White River

White Riv er 1 a river that flows for 720 miles (1,160 m ) from northwestern Arkansas across the Ozark Plateau to the Mississippi River. 2 a river that flows in two main branches through Indiana, past Indianapolis, to the Wabash River. 3 a river that flows for 500 miles (800 km ) from northwestern Nebraska into South Dakota to the Missouri River.

 

white rose

white rose ▶noun the emblem of Yorkshire or the House of York.

 

White Russia

White Rus sia another name for Belarus.

 

White Russian

White Rus sian ▶noun 1 a Belorussian. • an opponent of the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. 2 a cocktail made of vodka, coffee liqueur, and milk served on ice. ▶adjective Belorussian. • of or relating to the opponents of the Bolsheviks.

 

white sage

white sage ▶noun see sage 1 ( sense 2 ).

 

white sale

white sale ▶noun a store's sale of household linens.

 

white sandalwood

white san dal wood ▶noun see sandalwood.

 

White Sands

White Sands an area of white gypsum salt flats in central New Mexico, designated a national monument in 1933. It is surrounded by a large missile-testing range, which, in 1945, was the site of the detonation of the first nuclear weapon.

 

white sauce

white sauce |(h )waɪt sɔs | ▶noun a sauce of flour, melted butter, and milk or cream.

 

White Sea

White Sea an inlet of the Barents Sea off the coast of northwestern Russia.

 

white sea bass

white sea bass |bas ˌwaɪt ˈsi bæs | ▶noun see sea bass.

 

white shark

white shark ▶noun see great white shark.

 

white-shoe

white-shoe ▶adjective informal denoting a company, esp. a law firm, owned and run by members of the WASP elite, generally regarded as cautious and conservative. ORIGIN with reference to the white shoes fashionable among Ivy League college students in the 1950s.

 

white slave

white slave ▶noun a woman tricked or forced into prostitution, typically one taken to a foreign country for this purpose. DERIVATIVES white slav er noun, white slav er y noun

 

whitesmith

white smith |ˈ (h )wītˌsmiTH ˈwaɪtsmɪθ | ▶noun a person who makes articles out of metal, esp. tin. • a polisher or finisher of metal goods. ORIGIN Middle English: from white (denoting ‘white iron, ’ i.e., tin ) + smith .

 

white snakeroot

white snake root ▶noun see snakeroot.

 

white spirit

white spirit ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. a volatile colourless liquid distilled from petroleum, used as a paint thinner and solvent.

 

white spruce

white spruce ▶noun a North American spruce with yellow-green or blue-green needles and cylindrical cones, found principally in Canada. [Picea glauca, family Pinaceae. ]

 

white stick

white stick ▶noun a white walking stick of a type carried by blind people, both to locate obstacles and identify them as blind.

 

Whitestone

White stone |ˈ (h )wītˌstōn ˈwaɪtstoʊn | a largely residential section of northern Queens in New York City, on the East River, across from the Bronx, to which it is joined by the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge.

 

white sugar

white sug ar ▶noun purified sugar.

 

White Sulphur Springs

White Sul phur Springs a historic resort city in southeastern West Virginia, in the Allegheny Mountains; pop. 2,279 (est. 2008 ).

 

white supremacy

white su prem a cy ▶noun the belief that white people are superior to those of all other races, esp. the black race, and should therefore dominate society.

 

whitetail deer

white tail deer |(h )wīt ˌtāl ˌwaɪt teɪl ˈdɪər |(also white-tailed deer or whitetail ) ▶noun a reddish to grayish American deer with white on the belly and the underside of the tail. [Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae. ]

 

whitethorn

white thorn |ˈ (h )wītˌTHôrn ˈwaɪtθɔrn | ▶noun the hawthorn.

 

whitethroat

white throat |ˈ (h )wītˌTHrōt ˈwaɪtθroʊt | ▶noun a migratory Eurasian and North African warbler with a gray head and white throat. [Genus Sylvia, family Sylviidae: three species, in particular the common S. communis. ]

 

white-throated sparrow

white-throat ed spar row ▶noun a sparrow that winters in southern and eastern North America. It has prominent yellow eyebrows and a white patch at the throat. [Zonotrichia albicollis, family Emberizidae. ]

 

white tie

white tie |(h )waɪt taɪ | ▶noun a white bow tie worn by men as part of full evening dress. • full evening dress with a white bow tie: he was wearing immaculate white tie and tails | [ as modifier ] : a white-tie dinner.

 

white-toothed shrew

white-toothed shrew ▶noun an aggressive shrew with white teeth, native to Eurasia and Africa. ●Genus Crocidura, family Soricidae: numerous species. The pygmy white-toothed shrew (C. etruscus ) is the smallest known terrestrial mammal.

 

white trash

white trash ▶noun informal, derogatory poor white people, esp. those living in the southern US.

 

white truffle

white truf fle ▶noun an underground fungus eaten in Europe as a delicacy. Also called tartufo. [Tuber magnatum, family Tuberaceae, subdivision Ascomycotina (also called Piedmont truffle ).]

 

white van man

white-van man ▶noun Brit. informal an aggressive male driver of a delivery or workman's van (typically white in colour ).

 

white vitriol

white vit ri ol |ˈvitrēəl ˌwaɪt ˈvɪtriəl | ▶noun archaic crystalline zinc sulfate.

 

whitewall

white wall |ˈ (h )wītˌwôl ˈ (h )waɪtˌwɔl | ▶noun 1 (also whitewall tire ) a tire with a white stripe around the outside, or a white sidewall. 2 [ as modifier ] denoting a haircut in which the sides of the head are shaved and the top and back are left longer.

 

white walnut

white wal nut ▶noun another term for butternut ( sense 1 ).

 

whitewash

white wash |ˈ (h )wītˌwäSH, -ˌwôSH ˈ (h )waɪtˌwɔʃ ˈ (h )waɪtˌwɑʃ | ▶noun 1 a solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white. • (also whitewashing ) a deliberate concealment of someone's mistakes or faults in order to clear their name. 2 a victory in a game in which the loser scores no points. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (usu. as adj. whitewashed ) paint (a wall, building, or room ) with whitewash. • deliberately attempt to conceal unpleasant facts about (a person or organization ): his wife must have wanted to whitewash his reputation. 2 defeat (an opponent ), keeping them from scoring. DERIVATIVES white wash er noun

 

whitewater

white wa ter |(h )wītˈwôtər, ˈwä -ˈwaɪtwɔdər |(also white water ) ▶noun [ often as modifier ] (also white-water ) fast shallow stretches of water in a river: whitewater rafting.

 

white wedding

white wed |ding ▶noun Brit. a traditional church wedding at which the bride wears a formal white dress.

 

white whale

white whale ▶noun another term for beluga ( sense 1 ).

 

white willow

white wil low ▶noun a Eurasian streamside willow that has narrow leaves with silky white hairs on both sides, and the bark of which contains salicin. [Salix alba, family Salicaceae. ]

 

white witch

white witch |(h )waɪt wɪtʃ | ▶noun a person, typically a woman, who practices magic for altruistic purposes.

 

whitewood

white wood |ˈ (h )wītˌwo͝od ˈwaɪtwʊd | ▶noun 1 light-colored wood, esp. when made up into furniture and ready for staining, varnishing, or painting. 2 any of a number of trees that yield pale timber, in particular: [● a silver fir. ● a basswood. ● the tulip tree. ]

 

whitework

white work |ˈ (h )wītˌwərk ˈwaɪtwərk | ▶noun embroidery worked in white thread on a white ground.

 

white worm

white worm ▶noun a burrowing marine bristle worm which is bluish-white with iridescent pink shading and a grey dorsal line. ●Nephtys hombergi, family Nephtyidae.

 

whitey

whit ey |ˈ (h )wītē ˈ (h )waɪdi | ▶noun ( pl. whiteys ) informal, offensive a contemptuous term used by black people to refer to a white person or to white people collectively.

 

Oxford Dictionary

white

white |wʌɪt | ▶adjective 1 of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light; the opposite of black: a sheet of white paper. • very pale: her face was white with fear. • (of a plant ) having white flowers or pale-coloured fruit. • (of a tree ) having light-coloured bark. • (of wine ) made from white grapes, or dark grapes with the skins removed, and having a yellowish colour. • Brit. (of coffee or tea ) served with milk or cream. • (of food such as bread or rice ) light in colour as a result of a refining process. • (of glass ) transparent; colourless. 2 (also White ) belonging to or denoting a human group having light-coloured skin (chiefly used of peoples of European extraction ): a white farming community. • relating to white people: white Australian culture. • S. African, historical reserved by law for those classified as white. 3 historical counter-revolutionary or reactionary. Contrasted with red ( sense 2 of the adjective ). ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] white colour or pigment: garnet-red flowers flecked with white. • white clothes or material: he was dressed from head to foot in white. • (whites ) white clothes, especially as worn for playing cricket or tennis, as naval uniform, or in the context of washing: wash whites separately to avoid them being dulled. • white wine: a bottle of house white. • ( White ) the player of the white pieces in chess or draughts. • [ count noun ] a white thing, in particular the white ball (the cue ball ) in snooker or billiards. 2 the visible pale part of the eyeball around the iris. 3 the outer part (white when cooked ) which surrounds the yolk of an egg; the albumen. 4 (also White ) a member of a light-skinned people, especially one of European extraction. 5 [ with modifier ] a white or cream butterfly which has dark veins or spots on the wings and can be a serious crop pest. ●Pieris and other genera, family Pieridae. See also cabbage white . ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic paint or turn (something ) white: your passion hath whited your face. PHRASES whited sepulchre literary a hypocrite. [with biblical allusion to Matt 23:27. ] white man's burden the task, believed by white colonizers to be incumbent upon them, of imposing Western civilization on the black inhabitants of European colonies. [from Rudyard Kipling's The White Man's Burden (1899 ).] whiter than white extremely white. • morally beyond reproach. PHRASAL VERBS white out (of vision ) become impaired by exposure to sudden bright light. • (of a person ) lose colour vision as a prelude to losing consciousness. white something out 1 obliterate a mistake with white correction fluid. 2 impair someone's vision with a sudden bright light. DERIVATIVES whitely adverb, whiteness noun, whitish adjective ORIGIN late Old English hwīt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wit and German weiss, also to wheat . usage: The term white has been used to refer to the skin colour of Europeans or people of European extraction since the early 17th century. Unlike other labels for skin colour such as red or yellow, white has not been generally used in a derogatory way. In modern contexts there is a growing tendency to prefer to use terms which relate to geographical origin rather than skin colour: hence the current preference in the US for African American rather than black and European rather than white .

 

White, Byron Raymond

White, Byron Raymond |(h )wīt waɪt | (1917 –2002 ), US Supreme Court associate justice 1962 –93. Appointed to the Court by President Kennedy, he was considered a moderate, or centrist, and was often the swing vote when the Court was evenly divided. Before becoming a lawyer in 1946, he played professional football and studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar.

 

White, E. B.

White, E. B. |(h )wīt waɪt | (1899 –1985 ), US writer; full name Elwyn Brooks White. He was a chief contributor to The New Yorker magazine from 1926 and Harper's magazine 1938 –43 and the author of the children's classics Stuart Little (1945 ), Charlotte's Web (1952 ), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970 ).

 

White, Edward Douglass

White, Edward Douglass |(h )wīt waɪt |, Jr. (1845 –1921 ), US chief justice 1910 –21. Before being appointed to the Court as an associate justice 1894 –1910 by President Cleveland, he served as a US senator from Louisiana 1891 –94. Appointed chief justice by President Taft, he was the first associate justice to go on to that higher post. He was noted for his work on antitrust legislation.

 

White, Gilbert

White |wʌɪt | (1720 –93 ), English clergyman and naturalist. He wrote many letters to friends on aspects of natural history in his native village of Selborne, Hampshire; these were published in 1789 as The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, which has remained in print ever since.

 

White, Patrick

White |wʌɪt | (1912 –90 ), Australian novelist, born in Britain; full name Patrick Victor Martindale White. White's reputation is chiefly based on the two novels The Tree of Man (1955 ) and Voss (1957 ). Nobel Prize for Literature (1973 ).

 

White, T. H.

White |wʌɪt | (1906 –64 ), British novelist, born in India; full name Terence Hanbury White. He is best known for the tetralogy The Once and Future King, his reworking of the Arthurian legend that began with The Sword in the Stone (1937 ).

 

White, Theodore H.

White, Theodore H. |(h )wīt waɪt | (1915 –86 ), US journalist and historian. He is best known for The Making of the President 1960 (Pulitzer Prize, 1962 ). Other works include In Search of History (1978 ) and America in Search of Itself (1982 ).

 

white admiral

white ad |miral ▶noun a butterfly which has dark brown wings bearing a broad white band. ●Subfamily Limenitinae, family Nymphalidae: several genera, in particular Ladoga (including the European L. camilla ) and Basilarchia (American species ).

 

white ant

white ant ▶noun another term for termite.

 

White Army

White Army ▶noun any of the armies which opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War of 1918 –21.

 

white arsenic

white ar |senic ▶noun [ mass noun ] an extremely toxic soluble white solid made by burning arsenic. ●Alternative name: arsenic trioxide; chem. formula: As 2 O 3.

 

whitebait

white |bait |ˈwʌɪtbeɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the small silvery-white young of herrings, sprats, and similar marine fish, eaten in numbers as food.

 

white balance

white bal |ance ▶noun the colour balance on a digital camera.

 

white bass

white bass ▶noun a North American freshwater bass with dark horizontal stripes. ●Morone chrysops, family Percichthyidae.

 

white bat

white bat ▶noun a bat with white fur found mainly in Central America. ●Genus Diclidurus, family Emballonuridae (four species, in particular D. virgo, also called ghost bat ); and Ectophylla alba (family Phyllostomidae ).

 

whitebeam

white |beam |ˈwʌɪtbiːm | ▶noun a European tree related to the rowan, with red berries and hairy oval leaves that are white underneath. ●Sorbus aria, family Rosaceae.

 

White Bear Lake

White Bear Lake a city in southeastern Minnesota, northeast of St. Paul; pop. 24,095 (est. 2008 ).

 

white belt

white belt ▶noun a white belt worn by a beginner in judo or karate. • a person wearing a white belt.

 

white birch

white birch ▶noun chiefly N. Amer. a birch tree with white bark, especially the paper birch or the European silver birch.

 

white blood cell

white blood cell ▶noun less technical term for leucocyte.

 

whiteboard

white |board |ˈwʌɪtbɔːd | ▶noun a wipeable board with a white surface used for teaching or presentations. • (also interactive whiteboard ) Computing an area common to several users or applications, where they can exchange information, in particular as handwriting or graphics.

 

white book

white book ▶noun a book of rules, standards, or records, especially an official government report, bound in white. • (White Book ) Law (in England and Wales ) a book setting out the rules of practice and procedure in the Supreme Court.

 

white-bread

white-bread ▶adjective N. Amer. informal belonging to or representative of the white middle classes; not progressive, radical, or innovative: one of the West's more white-bread political institutions.

 

white bryony

white bry ¦ony ▶noun see bryony.

 

whitecap

white |cap |ˈwʌɪtkap | ▶noun (usu. whitecaps ) N. Amer. a small wave with a foamy white crest.

 

white cedar

white cedar ▶noun 1 a North American tree of the cypress family. ●Thuja and other genera, family Cupressaceae: several species, in particular Thuja occidentalis, which yields timber and medicinal oil. 2 chiefly Austral. the chinaberry.

 

white cell

white cell ▶noun less technical term for leucocyte.

 

white chocolate

white choc o late ▶noun a whitish candy made with cocoa butter.

 

white Christmas

white Christ |mas ▶noun a Christmas during which there is snow on the ground.

 

white clover

white clo ¦ver ▶noun a creeping white-flowered European clover which is an important fodder plant. Also called Dutch clover. ●Trifolium repens, family Leguminosae.

 

whitecoat

white |coat |ˈwʌɪtkəʊt | ▶noun Canadian an infant harp seal, which has whitish fur.

 

white-collar

white-collar ▶adjective relating to the work done or the people who work in an office or other professional environment. • denoting non-violent crime committed by white-collar workers, especially fraud.

 

white currant

white cur |rant ▶noun a cultivated variety of redcurrant with pale edible berries. The berries are insipid and generally used for jams and jellies, in combination with other fruits.

 

white dwarf

white dwarf ▶noun Astronomy a small very dense star that is typically the size of a planet. A white dwarf is formed when a low-mass star has exhausted all its central nuclear fuel and lost its outer layers as a planetary nebula.

 

white elephant

white ele |phant ▶noun a possession that is useless or troublesome, especially one that is expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose of. ORIGIN from the story that the kings of Siam gave such animals as a gift to courtiers they disliked, in order to ruin the recipient by the great expense incurred in maintaining the animal.

 

white ensign

white en ¦sign ▶noun a white flag carrying a St George's cross with the Union Jack in the top corner next to the flagstaff, flown by the Royal and most Commonwealth navies and the Royal Yacht Squadron.

 

white-eye

white-eye ▶noun a small Old World songbird with a ring of white feathers around the eye. ●Family Zosteropidae: several genera, in particular Zosterops, and numerous species.

 

whiteface

white |face |ˈwʌɪtfeɪs | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] white stage make-up. 2 chiefly N. Amer. a Hereford cow or bull. 3 an Australian warbler with a white face. ●Genus Aphelocephala, family Acanthizidae: three species.

 

White Father

White Father ▶noun a member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, a Roman Catholic order founded in Algiers in 1868. ORIGIN translating French Père Blanc .

 

white feather

white fea ¦ther ▶noun a white feather given to someone as a sign that the giver considers them a coward. PHRASES show the white feather Brit. dated behave in a cowardly fashion. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: with reference to a white feather in the tail of a game bird, seen as a mark of bad breeding.

 

white finger

white fin ¦ger ▶noun informal term for Raynaud's disease.

 

white fir

white fir ▶noun a silver fir. ●Genus Abies, family Pinaceae: several species, in particular Abies concolor.

 

whitefish

white |fish |ˈwʌɪtfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or whitefishes ) a mainly freshwater fish of the salmon family, widely used as food. ●Coregonus and other genera, family Salmonidae: several species. See cisco, houting, powan, and vendace .

 

white fish

white fish ▶noun [ mass noun ] fish with pale flesh, such as plaice, halibut, cod, and haddock. Compare with red fish.

 

white flag

white flag ▶noun a white flag or cloth used as a symbol of surrender, truce, or a desire to parley.

 

white flight

white flight ▶noun US the migration of white people from inner-city areas (especially those with a large black population ) to the suburbs.

 

white flour

white flour ▶noun [ mass noun ] fine wheat flour, typically bleached, from which most of the bran and germ have been removed.

 

whitefly

white |fly |ˈwʌɪtflʌɪ | ▶noun ( pl. same or whiteflies ) a minute winged bug covered with powdery white wax, which damages plants by feeding on the sap and coating them with honeydew. ●Family Aleyrodidae, suborder Homoptera: numerous genera and species.

 

white-footed mouse

white-footed mouse ▶noun a common deer mouse with white feet, found in the US and Mexico. ●Peromyscus leucopus, family Muridae.

 

White Friar

White Fri ar ▶noun a Carmelite monk. ORIGIN late Middle English: so named because of the white habits worn by the monks.

 

whitefront

whitefront |ˈwʌɪtfrʌnt |(also white-fronted goose ) ▶noun a migratory goose with mainly grey plumage and a white forehead, breeding in northern Eurasia and North America. ●Genus Anser, family Anatidae: two species.

 

white gold

white gold ▶noun [ mass noun ] a silver-coloured alloy of gold with nickel, platinum, or another metal.

 

white goods

white goods ▶plural noun 1 large electrical goods used domestically such as refrigerators and washing machines, typically white in colour. Compare with brown goods, grey goods. 2 archaic domestic linen.

 

Whitehall

White |hall |ˈwʌɪthɔːl | a street in Westminster, London, in which many government offices are located. • used as an allusive reference to the British civil service. • used as an allusive reference to the British government, its offices, or its policy: a pledge was given by Whitehall to protect British troops in Bosnia.

 

white-handed gibbon

white-hand ed gib bon ▶noun the common gibbon, which has white hands and feet and is found in Thailand and Malaysia. Also called lar gibbon. [Hylobates lar, family Hylobatidae. ]

 

whitehead

white |head |ˈwʌɪthɛd | ▶noun 1 informal a pale or white-topped pustule on the skin. 2 a small New Zealand songbird with a white head and underparts, found only on the North Island. ●Mohoua albicilla, family Pachycephalidae (or Acanthizidae ).

 

Whitehead, Alfred North

White |head |ˈwʌɪthɛd | (1861 –1947 ), English philosopher and mathematician. He is remembered chiefly for Principia Mathematica (1910 –13 ), on which he collaborated with his pupil Bertrand Russell.

 

white heat

white heat ▶noun [ mass noun ] the temperature or state of something that is so hot that it emits white light. • [ in sing. ] a state of intense passion or activity: she had written the letter in a white heat of indignation.

 

white hole

white hole ▶noun Astronomy a hypothetical celestial object which expands outwards from a space –time singularity and emits energy, in the manner of a time-reversed black hole.

 

white hope

white hope ▶noun a person expected to bring much success to a team or organization: the great white hope of the Tory Left. ORIGIN 1911: originally referring to a white boxer thought capable of beating Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight champion.

 

Whitehorse

White |horse |ˈwʌɪthɔːs | the capital of Yukon Territory in NW Canada; pop. 20,461 (2006 ). Situated on the Alaska Highway, it is the centre of a copper-mining and fur-trapping region.

 

white horses

white horses ▶plural noun white-crested waves at sea.

 

white-hot

white-hot ▶adjective at white heat: a shower of white-hot embers.

 

White House

White House 1 the official residence of the US president in Washington DC. • the US president, presidency, or government: the White House denounced the charge. 2 the Russian parliament building.

 

white ibis

white i bis ▶noun a white ibis with a red face and a long decurved red bill, found chiefly from the southern US to northern South America. [Eudocimus albus, family Threskiornithidae. ] white ibis

 

white information

white in |for |ma ¦tion ▶noun [ mass noun ] positive information about a person's creditworthiness held by a bank or similar institution.

 

white knight

white knight ▶noun a person or thing that comes to someone's aid. • a person or company making an acceptable counter-offer for a company facing a hostile takeover bid.

 

white-knuckle

white-knuckle ▶adjective (especially of a fairground ride ) causing extreme excitement or fear. • (also white-knuckled ) displaying or characterized by such emotions: a succession of white-knuckled passengers got out of the plane. ORIGIN 1970s: with reference to the effect caused by gripping tightly to steady oneself.

 

white label

white label ▶noun a musical recording for which the fully printed commercial label is not yet available, and which has been supplied with a plain white label before general release for promotional purposes.

 

White Lady

White Lady ▶noun a cocktail made with gin, orange liqueur, and lemon juice.

 

white land

white land ▶noun [ mass noun ] open land not designated for development or change of use, or on which development is not allowed.

 

white lead

white lead ▶noun [ mass noun ] a white pigment consisting of a mixture of lead carbonate and lead hydroxide.

 

white lie

white lie ▶noun a harmless or trivial lie, especially one told to avoid hurting someone's feelings.

 

white light

white light ▶noun [ mass noun ] apparently colourless light, for example ordinary daylight. It contains all the wavelengths of the visible spectrum at equal intensity.

 

white lightning

white light |ning ▶noun [ mass noun ] N. Amer. informal illicit home-made whiskey, typically colourless and distilled from corn.

 

white lime

white lime ▶noun [ mass noun ] lime mixed with water as a coating for walls; whitewash.

 

white list

white list informal ▶noun a list of people or things considered to be acceptable or trustworthy. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (white-list ) place on such a list: it is not possible to whitelist specific users based on their email address or domain name.

 

whitelisting

white list ing |ˈ (h )wītˌlistiNG ˈ (h )waɪtˌlɪstɪŋ | ▶noun Computing the use of anti-spam filtering software to allow only specified e-mail addresses to get through. ORIGIN on the pattern of blacklisting .

 

white magic

white magic ▶noun [ mass noun ] magic used only for good purposes.

 

white matter

white mat ¦ter ▶noun [ mass noun ] the paler tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting mainly of nerve fibres with their myelin sheaths. Compare with grey matter.

 

white meat

white meat ▶noun [ mass noun ] pale meat such as poultry, veal, and rabbit. Often contrasted with red meat.

 

white metal

white metal ▶noun [ mass noun ] a white or silvery alloy, especially a tin-based alloy used for the surfaces of bearings.

 

white meter

white meter ▶noun a meter for measuring the off-peak consumption of electricity.

 

White Mountains

White Moun tains a range that rises to 6,288 feet (1,918 m ) at Mount Washington, situated in northern New Hampshire, part of the Presidential Range in the Appalachian system.

 

white mouse

white mouse ▶noun an albino form of the house mouse, widely bred as a pet and laboratory animal.

 

whiten

whiten |ˈwʌɪt (ə )n | ▶verb make or become white: [ with obj. ] : snow whitened the mountain tops | [ no obj. ] : she gripped the handle until her knuckles whitened. DERIVATIVES whitener noun

 

white night

white night ▶noun 1 a sleepless night. [translating French nuit blanche. ] 2 a night when it is never properly dark, as in high latitudes in summer.

 

White Nile

White Nile the name for the main, western branch of the Nile between the Ugandan –Sudanese border and its confluence with the Blue Nile at Khartoum.

 

white noise

white noise ▶noun [ mass noun ] Physics noise containing many frequencies with equal intensities.

 

white oil

white oil ▶noun a colourless petroleum distillate, especially liquid paraffin, used medicinally and in the food and plastic industries.

 

white-out

white-out ▶noun 1 a dense blizzard, especially in polar regions. • a weather condition in which the features and horizon of snow-covered country are indistinguishable due to uniform light diffusion. 2 [ mass noun ] white correction fluid for covering typing or writing mistakes. 3 a loss of colour vision due to rapid acceleration, often prior to a loss of consciousness.

 

white pages

white pa ges ▶noun the part of the telephone book that lists residential and business telephone numbers in alphabetical order by name, usually without any advertising copy.

 

White Paper

White Paper ▶noun (in the UK ) a government report giving information or proposals on an issue.

 

white park cattle

white park cat ¦tle ▶noun see park cattle.

 

White Pass

White Pass a pass from Skagway in Alaska into British Columbia that provided a route for gold seekers in the 1890s Klondike rush. A railroad here, opened in 1900, draws tourists.

 

white pepper

white pep ¦per ▶noun [ mass noun ] the husked ripe or unripe berries of the pepper (see pepper ( sense 1 of the noun )), typically ground and used as a condiment.

 

white phosphorus

white phos |phorus ▶noun see phosphorus.

 

white pine

white pine ▶noun any of a number of coniferous trees with whitish timber, in particular: ● a North American tree which yields high-quality timber that is valued for intricate work (Pinus strobus, family Pinaceae ). ● NZ the kahikatea.

 

White Plains

White Plains a commercial city in southeastern New York, the seat of Westchester County; pop. 57,342 (est. 2008 ).

 

white pointer

white point ¦er ▶noun another term for great white shark.

 

white poplar

white pop ¦lar ▶noun a Eurasian poplar with lobed leaves that are white underneath and grey-green above. Also called abele. ●Populus alba, family Salicaceae.

 

white pudding

white pud |ding ▶noun [ mass noun ] a kind of sausage made of oatmeal and suet.

 

white rhinoceros

white rhi |noceros ▶noun a very large two-horned African rhinoceros with broad lips. ●Ceratotherium simum, family Rhinocerotidae.

 

White River

White Riv er 1 a river that flows for 720 miles (1,160 m ) from northwestern Arkansas across the Ozark Plateau to the Mississippi River. 2 a river that flows in two main branches through Indiana, past Indianapolis, to the Wabash River. 3 a river that flows for 500 miles (800 km ) from northwestern Nebraska into South Dakota to the Missouri River.

 

white rose

white rose ▶noun the emblem of Yorkshire or the House of York.

 

White Russia

White Rus ¦sia former name for Belarus.

 

White Russian

White Rus |sian |wʌɪtˈrʌʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 dated a Belorussian. 2 an opponent of the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. 3 a cocktail made of vodka, coffee liqueur, and milk served on ice. ▶adjective 1 dated Belorussian. 2 relating to the opponents of the Bolsheviks.

 

white sage

white sage ▶noun see sage 1 ( sense 2 ).

 

white sale

white sale ▶noun a shop's sale of household linen.

 

white sandalwood

white san ¦dal |wood ▶noun see sandalwood.

 

White Sands

White Sands an area of white gypsum salt flats in central New Mexico, designated a national monument in 1933. It is surrounded by a large missile-testing range, which, in 1945, was the site of the detonation of the first nuclear weapon.

 

white sauce

white sauce ▶noun [ mass noun ] a sauce of flour, melted butter, and milk or cream.

 

White Sea

White Sea an inlet of the Barents Sea on the coast of NW Russia.

 

white shark

white shark ▶noun see great white shark.

 

white sheep

white sheep ▶noun another term for Dall sheep.

 

white-shoe

white-shoe ▶adjective US informal denoting a company, especially a law firm, owned and run by members of the Wasp elite, generally regarded as cautious and conservative. ORIGIN with reference to the white shoes fashionable among Ivy League college students in the 1950s.

 

white slave

white slave ▶noun dated a white woman tricked or forced into prostitution and taken to a foreign country for this purpose. DERIVATIVES white slaver noun, white slavery noun

 

whitesmith

white |smith |ˈwʌɪtsmɪθ | ▶noun a person who makes articles out of metal, especially tin. • a polisher or finisher of metal goods. ORIGIN Middle English: from white (denoting ‘white iron ’, i.e. tin ) + smith .

 

white spirit

white spirit ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. a volatile colourless liquid distilled from petroleum, used as a paint thinner and solvent.

 

white spruce

white spruce ▶noun a North American spruce with yellow-green or blue-green needles and cylindrical cones, found principally in Canada. [Picea glauca, family Pinaceae. ]

 

white stick

white stick ▶noun a white walking stick of a type carried by blind people, both to locate obstacles and identify them as blind.

 

Whitestone

White stone |ˈ (h )wītˌstōn ˈwaɪtstoʊn | a largely residential section of northern Queens in New York City, on the East River, across from the Bronx, to which it is joined by the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge.

 

white sugar

white sugar ▶noun [ mass noun ] purified sugar.

 

White Sulphur Springs

White Sul phur Springs a historic resort city in southeastern West Virginia, in the Allegheny Mountains; pop. 2,279 (est. 2008 ).

 

white supremacy

white su prem a cy ▶noun the belief that white people are superior to those of all other races, esp. the black race, and should therefore dominate society.

 

white-tailed deer

white-tailed deer (N. Amer. also whitetail ) ▶noun a reddish to greyish American deer with white on the belly and the underside of the tail. ●Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae.

 

whitethorn

white |thorn |ˈwʌɪtθɔːn | ▶noun the hawthorn.

 

whitethroat

white |throat |ˈwʌɪtθrəʊt | ▶noun a migratory Eurasian and North African warbler with a grey head and white throat. ●Genus Sylvia, family Sylviidae: three species, in particular the common S. communis.

 

white-throated sparrow

white-throat ed spar row ▶noun a sparrow that winters in southern and eastern North America. It has prominent yellow eyebrows and a white patch at the throat. [Zonotrichia albicollis, family Emberizidae. ]

 

white tie

white tie ▶noun a white bow tie worn by men as part of full evening dress. • [ mass noun ] full evening dress with a white bow tie: he was wearing immaculate white tie and tails | [ as modifier ] : a white-tie dinner.

 

white-toothed shrew

white-toothed shrew ▶noun an aggressive shrew with white teeth, native to Eurasia and Africa. ●Genus Crocidura, family Soricidae: numerous species. The pygmy white-toothed shrew (C. etruscus ) is the smallest known terrestrial mammal.

 

white trash

white trash ▶noun [ mass noun ] N. Amer. derogatory poor white people, especially those living in the southern US.

 

white truffle

white truf ¦fle ▶noun an underground fungus eaten in Europe as a delicacy. Also called tartufo. ●Tuber magnatum, family Tuberaceae, subdivision Ascomycotina. Alternative name: Piedmont truffle.

 

white van man

white-van man ▶noun Brit. informal an aggressive male driver of a delivery or workman's van (typically white in colour ).

 

white vitriol

white vit |riol ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic crystalline zinc sulphate.

 

whitewall

white |wall |ˈwʌɪtwɔːl | ▶noun 1 (also whitewall tyre ) a tyre with a white stripe round the outside, or a white side wall. 2 [ as modifier ] N. Amer. denoting a haircut in which the sides of the head are shaved and the top and back are left longer.

 

whitewash

white |wash |ˈwʌɪtwɒʃ | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] a solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white. • [ in sing. ] a deliberate attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about a person or organization in order to protect their reputation. 2 informal a victory by the same side in every game of a series. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (usu. as adj. whitewashed ) paint (a wall, building, or room ) with whitewash. • deliberately attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about (a person or organization ): his wife must have wanted to whitewash his reputation. 2 informal defeat (an opponent ) in every game of a series. DERIVATIVES whitewasher noun

 

white water

white water ▶noun [ mass noun ] [ often as modifier ] fast shallow stretches of water in a river: white-water rafting.

 

white wedding

white wed |ding ▶noun Brit. a traditional church wedding at which the bride wears a formal white dress.

 

white whale

white whale ▶noun another term for beluga ( sense 1 ).

 

white willow

white wil ¦low ▶noun a Eurasian stream-side willow which has narrow leaves with silky white hairs on both sides, and bark which contains salicin. ●Salix alba, family Salicaceae.

 

white-winged chough

white-winged chough ▶noun see chough ( sense 2 ).

 

white witch

white witch ▶noun a person, typically a woman, who practises magic for altruistic purposes.

 

whitewood

white |wood |ˈwʌɪtwʊd | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] light-coloured wood, especially when made up into furniture and ready for staining, varnishing, or painting. 2 chiefly N. Amer. any of a number of trees which yield pale timber, in particular: ● a silver fir (Abies alba, family Pinaceae ). ● a basswood. ● the tulip tree.

 

whitework

white |work ▶noun [ mass noun ] embroidery worked in white thread on a white ground.

 

white worm

white worm ▶noun a burrowing marine bristle worm which is bluish-white with iridescent pink shading and a grey dorsal line. ●Nephtys hombergi, family Nephtyidae.

 

whitey

whitey |ˈwʌɪti |(also whity ) ▶adjective [ usu. in combination ] with a whitish tinge: a whitey-grey colour. ▶noun ( pl. whiteys ) informal, derogatory used by black people to refer to a white person, or to white people collectively.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

white

white adjective 1 a clean white bandage: colorless, unpigmented, bleached, natural; snowy, milky, chalky, ivory. 2 her face was white with fear: pale, pallid, wan, ashen, bloodless, waxen, chalky, pasty, washed out, drained, drawn, ghostly, deathly. 3 white hair: snowy, gray, silver, silvery, hoary, grizzled. 4 the early white settlers: Caucasian, European.

 

white-collar

white-collar adjective white-collar workers: clerical, administrative, professional, executive, salaried, office.

 

whiten

whiten verb the sun has whitened the pink towels: make white, make pale, bleach, blanch, lighten, fade.

 

whitewash

whitewash noun 1 the report was a whitewash: cover-up, camouflage, deception, facade, veneer, pretext. ANTONYMS exposé. 2 informal a four-game whitewash: walkover, rout, landslide; informal pushover, cinch, breeze. ▶verb don't whitewash what happened: cover up, sweep under the carpet, hush up, suppress, draw a veil over, conceal, veil, obscure, keep secret; gloss over, downplay, soft-pedal. ANTONYMS expose.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

white

white adjective 1 a clean white bandage: colourless, unpigmented, undyed, bleached, natural; snowy, milky, chalky, snow-white, snowy-white, milk-white, milky-white, chalk-white, chalky-white, ivory; pale, clear, transparent. ANTONYMS black. 2 her face was white with fear: pale, pallid, wan, ashen, white as a ghost /sheet, grey, anaemic, jaundiced, colourless, bloodless, waxen, chalky, chalk-white, milky, pasty, pasty-faced, whey-faced, peaky, sickly, tired-looking, washed out, sallow, drained, drawn, sapped, ghostly, deathly, deathlike, bleached; rare etiolated. ANTONYMS healthy; ruddy; tanned. 3 he had a mane of white hair: snowy, snowy-white, grey, silver, silvery, hoary, grizzled; albino. 4 the early white settlers of Australia: Caucasian, European, non-black. 5 a whiter than white, no-sleaze government: virtuous, moral, ethical, good, righteous, angelic, saintly, pious, honourable, reputable, wholesome, clean, honest, upright, upstanding, exemplary, beyond /above reproach, irreproachable, innocent; decent, worthy, noble; blameless, guiltless, sinless, stainless, spotless, immaculate, impeccable, unsullied, unblemished, unspoilt, unaffected, uncorrupted, untainted, undefiled; informal squeaky clean. ANTONYMS immoral. WORD LINKS white leuc- related prefix, as in leucocyte leuk- related prefix, as in leukaemia Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

white-collar

white-collar adjective white-collar workers: non-manual, office, clerical, professional, executive, salaried; technical ABC1.

 

whiten

whiten verb snow whitened the mountain tops | her knuckles whitened: make /become white, make /become pale, bleach, blanch, lighten, fade, wash out, be washed out, etiolate; Brit. Military blanco; archaic white. ANTONYMS blacken, darken, colour.

 

whitewash

whitewash noun the report was dismissed as a whitewash: cover-up, -gate, camouflage, disguise, mask, concealment, suppression, deception, false front, facade, veneer, pretext. ANTONYMS exposé. ▶verb I just want to make sure they don't whitewash what happened: cover up, sweep under the carpet, hush up, suppress, draw /pull a veil over, conceal, camouflage, keep secret, keep dark, cloak, screen, veil, obscure; gloss over, deal rapidly with, downplay, make light of, soft-pedal, minimize, de-emphasize, treat as unimportant. ANTONYMS expose.

 

Duden Dictionary

Whiteboard

White board Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈwaɪtbɔːd |das Whiteboard; Genitiv: des Whiteboards, Plural: die Whiteboards englisch whiteboard, eigentlich = weißes Brett 1 weiße Wandtafel mit einer glatten Oberfläche, auf der man mit speziellen Filzstiften schreiben und zeichnen kann und die sich sehr leicht mit einem trockenen Schwamm abwischen lässt 2 EDV elektronisches, einer Wandtafel ähnliches Gerät, das Texte und Bilder wiedergeben kann und auf dem mit besonderen Stiften oder mit dem Finger Geschriebenes und Gezeichnetes direkt eingegeben wird

 

Whitecoat

White coat Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈwaɪtkoʊt |der Whitecoat; Genitiv: des Whitecoats, Plural: die Whitecoats englisch whitecoat, eigentlich = weißer Mantel weißes Fell junger Robben

 

White-Collar-Kriminalität

White-Col lar-Kri mi na li tät Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈwaɪtˈkɔlə …|nach englisch white-collar crime, eigentlich = Verbrechen (das ) im weißen Kragen (ausgeführt wird )weniger offensichtliche strafbare Handlungsweise, wie sie in höheren Gesellschaftsschichten, besonders bei Vertretern der Politik, Wirtschaft und Industrie, vorkommt z. B. Steuerhinterziehung, Bestechung

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

white

white /(h )waɪt / (! ｟英 ｠の /waɪt /は若者に多い ) 〖語源は 「輝く 」〗形容詞 ～r ; ～st /3 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 11 , 14 は比較なし 1 白い , 白色の (↔black )▸ a white silk shirt 白いシルクのシャツ ▸ white teeth 白い歯 ▸ (as ) white as snow 雪のように真っ白な 2 〖通例be ～〗〈人 顔などが 〉【病気 感情などのために 】青白い , 青ざめた (pale 1 ) «with » ▸ (as ) white as a sheet 真っ青になって ▸ go [turn ] white with fear 恐怖で青ざめる 3 (皮膚が )白い, 白人の ; 白色人種の (ための ), 白人から成る ▸ a white woman 白人女性 ▸ the White Australia policy 白豪主義 〘オーストラリアへの有色人種の移民を制限する政策 〙▸ a predominantly [mostly ] white neighborhood 白人居住者が大半の地区 4 (特に高齢のために )白髪の, 銀髪の ▸ a man with white hair 白髪の男性 5 ｟英 ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗ミルク [クリーム ]入りの 〈コーヒー 紅茶など 〉(↔black )▸ Two white coffees, please .ミルク入りのコーヒーを2杯ください 6 〈ワインが 〉白の, こはく色の (↔red ).7 〈小麦粉が 〉精白された ; 〈パンが 〉精白小麦粉で作られた (↔brown ).8 〈印刷物などが 〉空白の (blank )▸ a white space 余白 .9 悪意のない ; 善意の .10 雪の積もった [降る ]▸ a white Christmas ホワイトクリスマス .11 〈ガラス 水などが 〉無色の, 透明な .12 〘史 〙(政治的に )保守的な, 反動の (↔red ).13 〈物が 〉光り輝く .14 白衣を着た .15 ｟主に古 ｠(道徳的 精神的に )純粋な, 汚れのない .16 〈植物が 〉白い花 [淡い実 ]をつける ; 〈木が 〉薄い色の樹皮をした .bl è ed A wh í te →bleed .wh ì ter than wh í te 1 真っ白な .2 ｟英 ｠(この上なく )とても誠実な .名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 U 白 , 白色 ▸ pure white 純白 2 C 〖通例 ～s 〗白人 .3 U ｟くだけて ｠〖種類では 可算 〗白ワイン (white wine ).4 C (ある物の )白い部分 ; 〖通例 ～s 〗(目の )白目 (→eye ); C U 〖the ～〗(卵の )白身 (egg white )(↔yolk ).5 C 白いもの ; (ビリヤードの )白球 ; U C 白い絵の具 [ペンキ, 染料 ].6 U 白い服, 白い布地 ▸ be dressed in white 白い服を着ている .7 〖～s 〗a. (洗濯物の色物に対して )白物 .b. ｟主に英 ｠(テニスなどの )白いユニフォーム .8 U 〖W- 〗(チェスなどの )白い駒の人 ; 白い駒 .9 C (標的の )一番外側の輪 .10 C 〖しばしばW -〗保守 [反動 ]主義者 .11 C 〘虫 〙シロチョウ .12 C (印刷物の )空白 .動詞 他動詞 1 〈間違った箇所 〉を白い修正液で消す (out ).2 〘印 〙〈行 語 〉の間をあける , …に余白を作る (out ).3 ｟主にカナダ ｠…を雪 [霧 ]で見えなくする .4 ｟古 ｠…を白くする [塗る ].～̀ á nt 〘虫 〙シロアリ (termite ).～́ (bl ò od ) c è ll 白血球 (leukocyte ).～̀ b ó ok ｟米 ｠白書 〘政府刊行の国内事情報告書 〙.～̀ br é ad 精白パン .～̀ c ó rpuscle ＝white (blood ) cell .～̀ d s é pulcher 偽善者 (!イエスの 「白く塗った墓 」のたとえから ) ; うわべだけ美しいもの .～̀ dw á rf 〘天 〙白色矮 （わい ）星 〘超高密度の白色光の恒星 〙.～̀ é lephant 1 白象 〘インド スリランカ ミャンマーでは聖獣とされる 〙.2 もてあまし物, 費用ばかりかかる役たたず .～̀ é nsign 英国軍艦旗 .～̀ fl á g 〖通例単数形で 〗(降参 休戦などの )白旗 ▸ wave [fly, raise ] the white flag 降伏する ～̀ fl í ght ｟米 ｠白人の脱出 〘黒人の転入を嫌って白人が大挙してその地区を去ること 〙.～̀ fl ó ur 精白小麦粉 .～̀ gl ú e (木工用などの )白いボンド .～́ g ò ods 1 ｟英 ｠(白い )大型家電 〘洗濯機 冷蔵庫など 〙.2 ｟古 ｠(白い )家庭用リンネル製品 〘シーツ タオルなど 〙.～̀ h à t h á cker ホワイトハットハッカー, 善玉ハッカー 〘コンピュータシステムを守るために企業に雇われたコンピュータハッカー 〙.～̀ h é at 1 白熱 〘金属が白色光を発する高温度 〙.2 (感情などの )極度の緊張, 興奮 .～̀ h ó le 〘天 〙ホワイトホール 〘ブラックホールの仮説上の出口とされる 〙.～̀ h ó pe ｟米 くだけて ｠〖単数形で 〗期待の人物 .～̀ h ó rse ｟英 文 ｠〖通例 ～s 〗白波 (｟米 ｠whitecap ).W -́ H ò use 〖the ～〗1 ホワイトハウス 〘Washington, D.C.にある米国大統領官邸; Executive Mansionとも呼ばれる 〙.2 米国大統領の権威 [職, 意見 ].3 米国政府 .～̀ kn í ght 白い騎士 〘a 人の危機を救いに現れるという英雄.b 会社を乗っ取り [買収 ]から救う人 [会社 ]〙.～̀ l é ad 鉛白 .～̀ l í e 悪意 [罪 ]のないうそ, たわいないうそ .～̀ l í ghtning ｟米 くだけて ｠密造酒 (moonshine ).～̀ m á gic 白魔術 〘善意で使われる魔術; ↔black magic 〙.～́ m à n [w ò man ]白人 .～́ m è at 白身の肉 〘子牛肉 豚肉 鶏肉など; →red meat 〙.W -̀ M ó untains 〖the ～〗ホワイト山脈 〘米国のNew Hampshire州の山脈; アパラチア山脈の一部 〙.～̀ n ó ise ホワイトノイズ 〘広い周波数領域にわたる同じ強さのノイズ 〙.W -́ P à ges ｟米 豪 ｠〖the ～〗ホワイトページ 〘個人の電話番号を載せた電話帳 〙.～̀ p á per 白書 〘(1 )企業 自治体の報告書. (2 )｟英 ｠〖しばしばW - P- 〗政府の公式報告書 〙.～̀ p é pper 白コショウ 〘実の皮を除いたもの 〙.～́ pot à to ｟米 ｠ジャガイモ .～́ s à le ｟米 ｠家庭用リンネル製品の安売りセール .～́ s à uce ホワイトソース .～̀ sl á very ｟やや古 ｠白人少女の人身売買 .～́ sp à ce 1 ↑形容詞 8 .2 ｟米 くだけて ｠余暇 .～̀ sp í rit (溶剤用 )軽油 (｟米 ｠turpentine ).～̀ st ú cco 白しっくい塗り (の ).～̀ supr é macist 白人至上主義者 .～̀ supr é macy 白人至上主義 .～̀ t í e (燕尾 （えんび ）服に用いる )白の蝶ネクタイ 〘男子の正装用 〙.～̀ tr á sh ｟米 けなして ｠〖集合的に 〗教養のない白人貧困層 .～́ v à n m à n ｟英 おどけて ｠白いバンの男 〘白いバンを乱暴に走らせる配送業の男 〙.～̀ w á ter (早瀬などの )白く泡立つ水流 .～̀ w á ter r à fting (ボートによる )急流下り .～̀ w é dding ホワイトウェディング 〘新婦が白いウェディングドレスを着る伝統的結婚式 〙.

 

whitebait

wh í te b à it 名詞 複 ～, ～s C 〘魚 〙シラス 〘イワシ ニシンなどの稚魚; 食用としてよくフライにする 〙.

 

whiteboard

wh í te b ò ard 名詞 C ホワイトボード , 白板 （はくばん ）.

 

white-bread

wh í te-br è ad 形容詞 ｟米 くだけて けなして ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗白人中流社会的な ; おもしろ味に欠ける, 単調な .

 

whitecap

wh í te c à p 名詞 C 1 ｟米 ｠〖通例 ～s 〗白波, 白い波頭 (｟英 ｠white horse ).2 〘鳥 〙(雄の )シロビタイ, ジョウビタキ .3 白帽をかぶっている人 .

 

white-collar

wh ì te-c ó llar 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗事務職の, (肉体労働ではなく )頭脳労働の, ホワイトカラーの 〈仕事 人など 〉(→blue-collar , pink-collar ).～̀ cr í me 事務職の犯罪, ホワイトカラーの犯罪 〘事務職者による公金横領などの非暴力的な犯罪 〙.

 

whitefish

wh í te f ì sh 名詞 複 →fish C 1 白身の魚 〘タラ カレイなど 〙.2 〘魚 〙ホワイトフィッシュ 〘サケ科の淡水魚; アマダイ科の海産食品魚 〙.

 

whitefly

wh í te fl ỳ 名詞 複 -flies C 〘虫 〙コナジラミ .

 

white-haired

wh ì te-h á ired 形容詞 1 〈人が 〉 (年老いて )白髪の ; 金髪の .2 ｟話 ｠お気に入りの .

 

Whitehall

White hall /(h )wáɪthɔ̀ːl /名詞 1 ホワイトホール 〘英国Londonの中央部にある官庁街 〙.2 〖the ～; 集合的に; 単複両扱い 〗英国政府 (の政策 ), 英国官庁 .

 

whitehead

wh í te h è ad 名詞 C 1 ｟くだけて ｠(頭部の )白いにきび .2 頭が白い鳥 .

 

white-hot

wh ì te-h ó t 形容詞 1 〈金属などが 〉白熱した 〘熱く白く輝いた 〙; 非常に高温の .2 熱烈な .

 

white-knuckle

wh ì te-kn ú ckle 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗恐怖 [パニック ]を引き起こす, 手に汗にぎる .

 

white-knuckled

wh ì te-kn ú ckled 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗恐怖で手を握りしめた, 不安を覚えた .

 

whiten

whit en /(h )wáɪt (ə )n /動詞 他動詞 …を白くする ; 〈歯磨き粉などが 〉〈歯 〉を白くする .自動詞 〈物が 〉白くなる .～er 名詞 C U 漂白剤, 白色染料 [塗料 ]; 白くする人 [物 ].

 

whiteness

wh í te ness 名詞 U 1 白さ .2 潔白 .

 

whitening

whit en ing /(h )wáɪt (ə )nɪŋ /形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗白くする, ぴかぴかになる 〈歯磨き粉 効果など 〉.名詞 C U 漂白剤, 白くするもの (whitener ).

 

whiteout

wh í te ò ut 名詞 C 1 〘気象 〙ホワイトアウト 〘a 猛吹雪などによる視界の著しい低下.b 極地方などで起こる, 雪の乱反射で白一色となり地形がわからなくなる現象 〙.2 ｟米 ｠修正液 (による白い修正跡 ).

 

white-tailed deer

wh ì te-tailed d é er 名詞 複 ～C 〘動 〙オジロジカ 〘北米産 〙.

 

whitethorn

wh í te th ò rn 名詞 ＝hawthorn .

 

white-tie

wh ì te-t í e 形容詞 〈パーティなどが 〉 (白い蝶ネクタイと燕尾 （えんび ）服の )正装の, 正装を必要とする .

 

whitewall

wh í te w à ll 名詞 C ホワイトウォールタイヤ 〘側面に白い帯状の線の入った自動車タイヤ 〙.

 

whitewash

wh í te w à sh 名詞 1 U C ｟非難して ｠隠蔽 （いんぺい ）(工作 ), もみ消し, 虚偽 (報告 ), 糊塗 （こと ）すること (coverup ).2 U 漆喰 （しっくい ）〘白壁塗り用 〙.3 C (スポーツでの )楽勝 ; 零封 .動詞 他動詞 1 〈人が 〉〈事故 犯罪など (の事実 )〉を隠蔽する, 糊塗する .2 〖通例be ～ed 〗〈壁 建物などが 〉漆喰で白く塗られる .3 ｟くだけて ｠〈選手 チームなどが 〉 (スポーツで )〈相手 〉に楽勝する, 1点も与えずに勝つ ; 〈相手 〉を零点に封じる (thrash ).

 

whitewashed

wh í te w à shed /-t /形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗漆喰 （しつくい ）で白く塗られた 〈壁 建物など 〉.

 

whitey

white y /(h )wáɪti /名詞 複 ～s ｟米俗 けなして ｠〖しばしばW -〗C 白人, 白んぼ ; U 〖時に複数扱い 〗白人 (たち ), 白人社会 .