(superl.) 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 black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
(superl.) Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
(superl.) Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
(superl.) Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
(superl.) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
(superl.) Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
(n.) A white pigment; as, Venice white.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study compares the mortality of U.S. white males with that of Swedish males who have had the highest reported male life expectancies in the world since the early 1960s.
(2) Cranial MRI revealed delayed myelination in the white matter but no brain malformation.
(3) Positivity was not correlated with current residence census tract socioeconomic indicators in black or white females.
(4) The urine compositions of the European mole Talpa europaea and of the white rat Rattus norvegicus (albino) kept on a carnivore's diet were compared.
(5) Fluttering in the background was a black flag adorned with white script, the “black flag of jihad”.
(6) The vulvar white keratotic lesions which have been subjected to histological examination in Himeji National Hospital (1973-1987) included 13 cases in benign dermatoses, 4 cases in vulvar epithelial hyperplasia, 3 cases in lichen sclerosus, and 3 cases in lichen sclerosus with foci of epithelial hyperplasia.
(7) Instead, the White House opted for a low-key approach, publishing a blogpost profiling Trinace Edwards, a brain-tumour victim who recently discovered she was eligible for Medicaid coverage.
(8) The flow properties of white cells were tested after myocardial infarction, by measuring the filtration rates of cell suspensions through 8 microns pore filters.
(9) The findings confirm and quantitate the severe atrophy of the neostriatum, in addition to demonstrating a severe loss of cerebral cortex and subcortical white matter in HD.
(10) Tottenham Hotspur’s £400m redevelopment of White Hart Lane could include a retractable grass pitch as the club explores the possibility of hosting a new NFL franchise.
(11) We identified four distinct clinical patterns in the 244 patients with true positive MAI infections: (a) pulmonary nodules ("tuberculomas") indistinguishable from pulmonary neoplasms (78 patients); (b) chronic bronchitis or bronchiectasis with sputum repeatedly positive for MAI or granulomas on biopsy (58 patients, virtually all older white women); (c) cavitary lung disease and scattered pulmonary nodules mimicking M. tuberculosis infection (12 patients); (d) diffuse pulmonary infiltrations in immunocompromised hosts, primarily patients with AIDS (96 patients).
(12) In 60 rhesus monkeys with experimental renovascular malignant arterial hypertension (25 one-kidney and 35 two-kidney model animals), we studied the so-called 'hard exudates' or white retinal deposits in detail (by ophthalmoscopy, and stereoscopic color fundus photography and fluorescein fundus angiography, on long-term follow-up).
(13) African Americans also have more outpatient episodes than whites.
(14) As a Native American I am pretty sensitive to charges of racism and white supremacy,” the Oklahoma congressman added.
(15) The White House denied there had been an agreement, but said it was open in principle to such negotations.
(16) The charges against Harrison were filed just after two white men were accused of fatally shooting three black people in Tulsa in what prosecutors said were racially motivated attacks.
(17) Today, she wears an elegant salmon-pink blouse with white trousers and a long, pale pink coat.
(18) The relative effect of the intramammary infections and of different factors related to the cow (parity, stage of lactation, milk yield) on the individual cell counts, were studied for 30 months on the 62 black-and-white Holstein cows of an experimental herd.
(19) The administration of stable analogue of the leu-enkephalin did not alter the concentration of cortisole and aldosterone in the blood of white male rats whereas this concentration increased after administration of the parathormone.
(20) The patient, a 12 year-old boy, showed a soft white yellowish mycotic excrescence with clear borders which had followed the introduction of a small piece of straw into the cornea.
Whiten
Definition:
(v. i.) 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.
(v. t.) To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.
Example Sentences:
(1) The full chemical names of the fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs) investigated in this study are listed below.
(2) These results would suggest that speech intelligibility is reduced by whitening and peak clipping when more than one talker is present.
(3) In a letter to the Glasgow Herald , Kearney said: "In much the same way as America's black citizens in an earlier era were urged to straighten their hair and whiten their complexions to minimise differences with the white majority, many will surely urge Scottish Catholics to stop sending their children to Catholic schools or making public or overt declarations of faith."
(4) V-K-H syndrome is a chronic bilateral exudative uveitis associated with whitening of the hair and eyelashes and varying signs of meningeal irritation.
(5) In contrast, the continuous-wave laser was observed videographically to produce prominent tissue whitening and puckering, seen histologically as convolution of the epithelium and coagulation of stroma, which was called a shrinkage-like lesion.
(6) The coating on the shell responsible for whitening was deposited during the hour prior to oviposition.
(7) Should such removal provide the additional effect of "whitening" the tooth surface, an additional cosmetic benefit would be provided.
(8) Whenever there's an alternative popular movement that grips the national imagination, left-ish commentators and journalists fight whitened tooth and manicured nail for public alliance to this season's worthy cause of resistance.
(9) We found that hydrogen peroxide bleached more quickly than carbamide although, after a period of six weeks, the results were the same as far as whitening was concerned.
(10) The performances of some leading commercial whiteners are compared and their interactions with dyes, fillers and stabilizers are discussed.
(11) The presence of clinically detectable areas of decalcification (observable as whitened areas) following the removal of orthodontic appliances is well recognized.
(12) The major factor responsible for whitening is confirmed as a high water temperature irrespective of the presence of the denture cleaning agent.
(13) In hand washing tests with detergents containing fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs), the amounts of whitener left on both hands were determined by TLC spectrophotometry: they varied from 0.06 mg to 0.17 mg. Whiteners of different chemical constitutions behaved in a very similar manner.
(14) A cotton-substantive, anionic, fluorescent whitening agent manufactured by several suppliers under various trade names e.g.
(15) The ophthalmoscopic changes consisted of initial whitening and subsequent but persistent depigmentation of the foveola.
(16) Consonant-nucleus-consonant monosyllabic words were filltered such that each spectral component had equal energy (i.e., "whitened") and peak clipped in one of four ways: minimal, 20, 30, and 40 dB of clipping.
(17) Experimental details and examples of a "chromatographic program" for testing the major fluorescent whitening agent (FWA) types and material samples containing FWAs are described.
(18) Isolates are employed as whipping agents and coffee whiteners.
(19) At higher concentrations, clinical and histologic changes were seen in proportion to the concentration and included focal whitening, edema, vitreous haze, vascular abnormalities, and retinal necrosis at the highest doses.
(20) In fact, under some conditions whitening and peak clipping may slightly enhance intelligibility.