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1. White, white person, Caucasian -- (a member of the Caucasoid race).
2. white, whiteness -- (the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)).
3. White, Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White -- (Australian writer (1912-1990)).
4. White, T. H. White, Theodore Harold White -- (United States political journalist (1915-1986)).
5. White, Stanford White -- (United States architect (1853-1906)).
6. White, E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White -- (United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)).
7. White, Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White -- (United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)).
8. White, White River -- (a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri).
9. white -- ((board games) the lighter pieces).
10. flannel, gabardine, tweed, white -- ((usually in the plural) trousers).

1. whiten, white -- (turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry").

1. white (vs. black), achromatic -- (being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress").
2. white (vs. black), caucasian -- (of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population").
3. white -- (free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor").
4. white, snowy -- (marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter").
5. white, lily-white -- (restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization").
6. white, white-hot -- (glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire").
7. white -- (benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that's white of you").
8. blank, clean, white -- (of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins").
9. white -- ((of coffee) having cream or milk added).
10. white -- (dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns").
11. white, whitened -- ((of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age").
12. ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white -- (ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage").
13. white -- (of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights").

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