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white       [hwahyt, wahyt] Pronunciation Key adjective, whit·er, whit·est, noun, verb, whit·ed, whit·ing.
–adjective
1.of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
2.light or comparatively light in color.
3.(of human beings) marked by slight pigmentation of the skin, as of many Caucasoids.
4.for, limited to, or predominantly made up of persons whose racial heritage is Caucasian: a white club; a white neighborhood.
5.pallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion: white with rage.
6.silvery, gray, or hoary: white hair.
7.snowy: a white Christmas.
8.lacking color; transparent.
9.(politically) ultraconservative.
10.blank, as an unoccupied space in printed matter: Fill in the white space below.
11.Armor. composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other covering; alwite.
12.wearing white clothing: a white monk.
13.Slang. decent, honorable, or dependable: That's very white of you.
14.auspicious or fortunate.
15.morally pure; innocent.
16.without malice; harmless: white magic.
17.(of wines) light-colored or yellowish, as opposed to red.
18.British. (of coffee) containing milk.
–noun
19.a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color.
20.a hue completely desaturated by admixture with white, the highest value possible.
21.quality or state of being white.
22.lightness of skin pigment.
23.a person whose racial heritage is Caucasian.
24.a white material or substance.
25.the white part of something.
26.Biology. a pellucid viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of an egg; albumen.
27.the white part of the eyeball: He has a speck in the white of his eye.
28.whites,
a.white or nearly white clothing.
b.top-grade white flour.
29.white wine: Graves is a good white.
30.a type or breed that is white in color.
31.Usually, whites. a blank space in printing.
32.(initial capital letter) a hog of any of several breeds having a white coat, as a Chester White.
33.Entomology. any of several white-winged butterflies of the family Pieridae, as the common cabbage butterflies.
34.white fabric.
35.Archery.
a.the outermost ring of the butt.
b.an arrow that hits this portion of the butt.
c.the central part of the butt or target, formerly painted white but now painted gold or yellow.
d.Archaic. a target painted white.
36.Chess, Checkers. the men or pieces that are light-colored.
37.(often initial capital letter) a member of a royalist, conservative, or reactionary political party.
–verb (used with object)
38.Printing.
a.to make white by leaving blank spaces (often fol. by out).
b.to whiten (areas of artwork) in retouching preparatory to photoengraving (often fol. by out).
39.Archaic. to make white; whiten.
—Verb phrase
40.white out,
a.to cover (errors in copy) with a white correction fluid.
b.to censor, as by obliterating words or passages with white ink.
—Idioms
41.bleed white, Informal. to be or cause to be deprived of all one's resources: Dishonesty is bleeding the union white.
42.in the white, in an unfinished state or condition, as furniture wood that has not been stained or varnished.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME whit(e), OE hwīt; c. G weiss, ON hvītr, Goth hweits; akin to wheat]
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White       [hwahyt, wahyt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Andrew Dickson, 1832–1918, U.S. diplomat and pioneer of land-grant education.
2.Byron R(aymond) (“Whizzer”), born 1917, U.S. lawyer and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–93.
3.Edmund, born 1940, U.S. novelist.
4.Edward Douglass, 1845–1921, U.S. jurist: Chief Justice of the U.S. 1910–21.
5.Edward H(ig·gins), II       [hig-inz] Pronunciation Key, 1930–67, U.S. astronaut: first American to walk in space 1965.
6.E(l·wyn) B(rooks)       [el-win] Pronunciation Key, 1899–1985, U.S. humorist and poet.
7.George Leonard, 1838–95, U.S. choral conductor.
8.Gilbert, 1720–93, English clergyman, naturalist, and writer.
9.Patrick (Victor Mar·tin·dale)       [mahr-tn-deyl] Pronunciation Key, 1912–90, Australian writer, born in England: Nobel prize 1973.
10.Stanford, 1853–1906, U.S. architect.
11.Stewart Edward, 1873–1946, U.S. novelist.
12.T(erence) H(an·bur·y)       [han-buh-ree] Pronunciation Key, 1896–1964, English novelist.
13.Theodore H., 1915–86, U.S. journalist and writer.
14.Walter Francis, 1893–1955, U.S. civil-rights leader and writer: executive secretary of the NAACP 1931–55.
15.William A(l·an·son)       [al-uhn-suhn] Pronunciation Key, 1870–1937, U.S. neurologist, psychiatrist, and writer.
16.William Allen, 1868–1944, U.S. journalist.
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White River
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1.a river flowing SE from NW Arkansas into the Mississippi River. 690 mi. (1110 km) long.
2.a river flowing NE from NW Nebraska to the Missouri River in S South Dakota. 325 mi. (525 km) long.
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white       (hwīt, wīt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The achromatic color of maximum lightness; the color of objects that reflect nearly all light of all visible wavelengths; the complement or antagonist of black, the other extreme of the neutral gray series. Although typically a response to maximum stimulation of the retina, the perception of white appears always to depend on contrast.
  2. The white or nearly white part, as:
    1. The albumen of an egg.
    2. The white part of an eyeball.
    3. A blank unprinted area, as of an advertisement.
    4. whites White trousers or a white outfit of a special nature: tennis whites.
    5. whites The white dress uniform of the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard.
    6. A white wine.
    7. A white pigment.
    8. A white breed, species, or variety of animal.
    9. also White A member of a racial group of people having light skin coloration, especially one of European origin. See Usage Note at black.
    10. Products of a white color, such as flour, salt, and sugar. Often used in the plural.
    11. The white or light-colored pieces, as in chess.
    12. The player using these pieces.
    13. The outermost ring of an archery target.
    14. A hit in this ring.
  3. One that is white or nearly white, as:
    1. whites White trousers or a white outfit of a special nature: tennis whites.
    2. whites The white dress uniform of the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard.
    3. A white wine.
    4. A white pigment.
    5. A white breed, species, or variety of animal.
    6. also White A member of a racial group of people having light skin coloration, especially one of European origin. See Usage Note at black.
    7. Products of a white color, such as flour, salt, and sugar. Often used in the plural.
    8. The white or light-colored pieces, as in chess.
    9. The player using these pieces.
    10. The outermost ring of an archery target.
    11. A hit in this ring.
  4. Games
    1. The white or light-colored pieces, as in chess.
    2. The player using these pieces.
    3. The outermost ring of an archery target.
    4. A hit in this ring.
    1. The outermost ring of an archery target.
    2. A hit in this ring.
  6. whites Pathology Leukorrhea.
  7. A politically ultraconservative or reactionary person.

adj.   whit·er, whit·est
  1. Being of the color white; devoid of hue, as new snow.
  2. Approaching the color white, as:
    1. Weakly colored; almost colorless; pale: white wine.
    2. Pale gray; silvery and lustrous: white hair.
    3. Bloodless; blanched.
    4. Incandescent: white flames.
    5. Intensely heated; impassioned: white with fury.
  3. Light or whitish in color or having light or whitish parts. Used with animal and plant names.
  4. also White Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration, especially one of European origin: voting patterns within the white population.
  5. Not written or printed on; blank.
  6. Unsullied; pure.
  7. Habited in white: white nuns.
  8. Accompanied by or mantled with snow: a white Christmas.
    1. Incandescent: white flames.
    2. Intensely heated; impassioned: white with fury.
  10. Ultraconservative or reactionary.
  11. With milk added. Used of tea or coffee.

tr.v.   whit·ed, whit·ing, whites
  1. Printing To create or leave blank spaces in (printed or illustrated matter). Often used with out.
  2. Archaic
    1. To whiten; whitewash.
    2. To blanch.


[Middle English, from Old English hwīt; see kweit- in Indo-European roots.]

white'ness n.
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White, Andrew Dickson 1832-1918.  
American educator and diplomat who founded Cornell University with Ezra Cornell and was its first president (1868-1885). He also served as U.S. ambassador to Germany (1897-1902).

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White, Byron Raymond 1917-2002.  
American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1962-1993).

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White, Edward Douglass 1845-1921.  
American jurist who served as an associate justice (1894-1910) and the chief justice (1910-1921) of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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White, E   (lwyn)
American writer and humorist who contributed essays, editorials, and parodies to the New Yorker. He also wrote children's books, including Charlotte's Web (1952), and revised a 1918 writing manual, The Elements of Style (1959).

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White, Patrick 1912-1990.  
Australian writer whose powerfully descriptive and original novels include The Tree of Man (1955) and Voss (1957). He won the 1973 Nobel Prize for literature.

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White, Stanford 1853-1906.  
American architect. A member of the prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, he was particularly known for his interior designs and his ornate, eclectic buildings.

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White, T   (erence)
British writer best known for the novel The Once and Future King (1958), a retelling of the Arthurian legend.

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White, T   (heodore)
American political journalist noted for his commentaries on presidential elections, including The Making of the President 1960 (1961).

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White, William Allen 1868-1944.  
American newspaper editor and writer noted for his politically influential editorials and for his autobiography (1946).

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white 
O.E. hwit, from P.Gmc. *khwitaz (cf. O.S., O.Fris. hwit, O.N. hvitr, Du. wit, O.H.G. hwiz, Ger. weiß, Goth. hveits), from PIE *kwintos/*kwindos "bright" (cf. Skt. svetah "white;" O.C.S. sviteti "to shine," svetu "light;" Lith. sviesti "to shine," svaityti "to brighten"). As a surname, originally with reference to fair hair or complexion, it is one of the oldest in Eng., being well-established before the Conquest. Meaning "morally pure" was in O.E. Association with royalist causes is late 18c. Slang sense of "honorable, fair" is 1877, Amer.Eng. The racial sense (adj.) of "of those races (chiefly European or of European extraction) characterized by light complexion" is first recorded 1604. The noun in this sense ("white man, person of a race distinguished by light complexion") is from 1671; whitey in this sense is recorded from 1828. White supremacy attested from 1902; white flight is from 1967; white trash is black slang first attested 1855. White heat "state of intense or extreme emotion" first recorded 1839. White lie is attested from 1741. White Christmas is attested from 1857. White-collar is from 1919, first attested in Upton Sinclair. White House at the U.S. presidential residence is recorded from 1811. White water "river rapids" is recorded from 1586. White Russian "language of Byelorussia" is recorded from 1850; the mixed drink is from c.1978.

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white

adjective
1. 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" [ant: black] 
2. of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population" [ant: black] 
3. free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor" 
4. marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter" 
5. 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. glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire" 
7. benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you" 
8. (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" [syn: blank] 
9. (of coffee) having cream or milk added 
10. (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age" 
11. 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" [syn: ashen] 
12. of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights" 

noun
1. a member of the Caucasoid race 
2. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) [ant: black] 
3. United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921) 
4. Australian writer (1912-1990) 
5. United States political journalist (1915-1986) 
6. United States architect (1853-1906) 
7. United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) 
8. United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918) 
9. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri 
10. the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs" [syn: egg white] 
11. (board games) the lighter pieces [ant: black] 
12. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth [syn: flannel] 

verb
1. turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" [syn: whiten] [ant: black] 

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white

In addition to the idioms beginning with white, also see black and white; bleed someone white; great white hope; show the white feather.


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White Lake, MI Zip code(s): 48383, 48386

White Water, CA Zip code(s): 92282

White Oak, KY Zip code(s): 41474

White Oak, GA Zip code(s): 31568

White Mountain, AK (city, FIPS 84070) Location: 64.68361 N, 163.41952 W
Population (1990): 180 (69 housing units)
Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99784

White Mills, KY Zip code(s): 42788

White Marsh, MD (CDP, FIPS 84350) Location: 39.38351 N, 76.45863 W
Population (1990): 8183 (3188 housing units)
Area: 13.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 21162

White Lake, WI (village, FIPS 86750) Location: 45.16342 N, 88.76658 W
Population (1990): 304 (172 housing units)
Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54491

White Lake, SD (city, FIPS 71180) Location: 43.72843 N, 98.71295 W
Population (1990): 419 (178 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57383

White Lake, NY Zip code(s): 12786

White House, TN (city, FIPS 80200) Location: 36.46324 N, 86.66781 W
Population (1990): 2987 (1122 housing units)
Area: 19.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 37188

White Owl, SD Zip code(s): 57792

White Heath, IL Zip code(s): 61884

White Oak, NC Zip code(s): 28399

White Oak, PA (borough, FIPS 84704) Location: 40.33920 N, 79.80429 W
Population (1990): 8761 (3838 housing units)
Area: 17.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 15131

White Oak, WV Zip code(s): 25989

White Swan, WA (CDP, FIPS 78365) Location: 46.38824 N, 120.72083 W
Population (1990): 2669 (765 housing units)
Area: 268.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 98952

White Springs, FL (town, FIPS 77400) Location: 30.33151 N, 82.75804 W
Population (1990): 704 (307 housing units)
Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 32096

White Settlement, TX (city, FIPS 78544) Location: 32.75475 N, 97.46023 W
Population (1990): 15472 (6167 housing units)
Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76108

White Salmon, WA (city, FIPS 78330) Location: 45.72769 N, 121.48367 W
Population (1990): 1861 (816 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 98672

White River, SD (city, FIPS 71340) Location: 43.56733 N, 100.74431 W
Population (1990): 595 (272 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57579

White Post, VA Zip code(s): 22663

White Plains, VA Zip code(s): 23893

White Plains, MD (CDP, FIPS 84475) Location: 38.59436 N, 76.97642 W
Population (1990): 3560 (1157 housing units)
Area: 30.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 20695

White Plains, KY (city, FIPS 82722) Location: 37.18769 N, 87.38643 W
Population (1990): 598 (254 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 42464

White Plains, GA (town, FIPS 82692) Location: 33.47260 N, 83.03762 W
Population (1990): 286 (115 housing units)
Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 30678

White Pigeon, MI (village, FIPS 86920) Location: 41.79837 N, 85.64279 W
Population (1990): 1458 (569 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49099

White Pass, WA Zip code(s): 98937

White Haven, PA (borough, FIPS 84552) Location: 41.05526 N, 75.77722 W
Population (1990): 1132 (505 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 18661

White Hall, MD Zip code(s): 21161

White Castle, LA (town, FIPS 81375) Location: 30.16068 N, 91.14928 W
Population (1990): 2102 (757 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 70788

White Cloud, MI (city, FIPS 86680) Location: 43.55292 N, 85.77265 W
Population (1990): 1147 (478 housing units)
Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49349

White City, OR (CDP, FIPS 81450) Location: 42.43199 N, 122.83007 W
Population (1990): 5891 (1664 housing units)
Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97503

White City, KS (city, FIPS 77825) Location: 38.79432 N, 96.73489 W
Population (1990): 533 (260 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66872

White Cloud, KS (city, FIPS 77850) Location: 39.97420 N, 95.29724 W
Population (1990): 255 (127 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66094

White Creek, NY Zip code(s): 12057

White Bluff, TN (town, FIPS 79980) Location: 36.10594 N, 87.21347 W
Population (1990): 1988 (851 housing units)
Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 37187

White Bird, ID (city, FIPS 87310) Location: 45.76292 N, 116.29894 W
Population (1990): 108 (74 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83554

White Earth, ND (city, FIPS 85540) Location: 48.38009 N, 102.77178 W
Population (1990): 73 (57 housing units)
Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58794

White Hall, IL (city, FIPS 81256) Location: 39.43744 N, 90.40395 W
Population (1990): 2814 (1230 housing units)
Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62092

White Deer, TX (town, FIPS 78316) Location: 35.43245 N, 101.17484 W
Population (1990): 1125 (502 housing units)
Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 79097

White Rock, NM (CDP, FIPS 84740) Location: 35.80380 N, 106.21042 W
Population (1990): 6192 (2198 housing units)
Area: 18.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Oak, TX (city, FIPS 78436) Location: 32.53209 N, 94.85504 W
Population (1990): 5136 (1933 housing units)
Area: 23.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

White City, UT (CDP, FIPS 84050) Location: 40.56725 N, 111.86098 W
Population (1990): 6506 (1799 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Stone, VA (town, FIPS 85600) Location: 37.64505 N, 76.39157 W
Population (1990): 372 (190 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Shield, ND (CDP, FIPS 85660) Location: 47.66135 N, 101.84480 W
Population (1990): 274 (96 housing units)
Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Oak, OH (CDP, FIPS 84812) Location: 39.22017 N, 84.60541 W
Population (1990): 12430 (4846 housing units)
Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Pine, TN (town, FIPS 80360) Location: 36.09934 N, 83.29773 W
Population (1990): 1771 (768 housing units)
Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White City, IL (village, FIPS 81191) Location: 39.07238 N, 89.76404 W
Population (1990): 229 (97 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White City, FL (CDP, FIPS 77275) Location: 27.37897 N, 80.34225 W
Population (1990): 4645 (1916 housing units)
Area: 19.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Sands, NM (CDP, FIPS 84845) Location: 32.38267 N, 106.49236 W
Population (1990): 2616 (724 housing units)
Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Rock, SD (town, FIPS 71380) Location: 45.92526 N, 96.57254 W
Population (1990): 7 (6 housing units)
Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Plains, NC (CDP, FIPS 73460) Location: 36.44971 N, 80.63808 W
Population (1990): 1027 (455 housing units)
Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Oak, MD (CDP, FIPS 84375) Location: 39.04200 N, 76.98857 W
Population (1990): 18671 (7826 housing units)
Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Horse, NJ (CDP, FIPS 80630) Location: 40.19085 N, 74.70448 W
Population (1990): 9397 (3594 housing units)
Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

White Horse, SD (CDP, FIPS 71150) Location: 43.30829 N, 100.59598 W
Population (1990): 152 (32 housing units)
Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

White Hall, AR (city, FIPS 75170) Location: 34.27557 N, 92.09780 W
Population (1990): 3849 (1391 housing units)
Area: 15.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Hall, AL (town, FIPS 81912) Location: 32.30078 N, 86.71454 W
Population (1990): 814 (279 housing units)
Area: 36.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

White Lake, NC (town, FIPS 73300) Location: 34.63882 N, 78.50035 W
Population (1990): 390 (816 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 4.2 sq km (water)

White Earth, MN (CDP, FIPS 70006) Location: 47.09828 N, 95.85537 W
Population (1990): 319 (131 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

White County, TN (county, FIPS 185) Location: 35.92672 N, 85.45498 W
Population (1990): 20090 (8369 housing units)
Area: 975.8 sq km (land), 7.3 sq km (water)

White County, GA (county, FIPS 311) Location: 34.64537 N, 83.75252 W
Population (1990): 13006 (6082 housing units)
Area: 625.8 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water)

White County, AR (county, FIPS 145) Location: 35.25481 N, 91.74579 W
Population (1990): 54676 (21658 housing units)
Area: 2678.4 sq km (land), 21.4 sq km (water)

White County, IN (county, FIPS 181) Location: 40.74760 N, 86.86480 W
Population (1990): 23265 (11875 housing units)
Area: 1308.6 sq km (land), 9.2 sq km (water)

White County, IL (county, FIPS 193) Location: 38.08745 N, 88.17830 W
Population (1990): 16522 (7797 housing units)
Area: 1281.9 sq km (land), 17.6 sq km (water)

White Plains, NY (city, FIPS 81677) Location: 41.02085 N, 73.75742 W
Population (1990): 48718 (20714 housing units)
Area: 25.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 10601, 10603, 10605, 10606, 10607

White Bear Lake, MN (city, FIPS 69970) Location: 45.06765 N, 93.01267 W
Population (1990): 24704 (9465 housing units)
Area: 21.2 sq km (land), 5.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55110, 55115

White Sands Miss, NM Zip code(s): 88002

East White Plain, NY Zip code(s): 10604

White Sulphur Sp, NY Zip code(s): 12787

White Sulphur Sp, MT Zip code(s): 59645

White River Junc, VT Zip code(s): 05001

White House Station, NJ (CDP, FIPS 80720) Location: 40.61620 N, 74.77242 W
Population (1990): 1287 (594 housing units)
Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Sulphur Springs, MT (city, FIPS 80050) Location: 46.54716 N, 110.90385 W
Population (1990): 963 (512 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Sulphur Springs, WV (city, FIPS 86812) Location: 37.79883 N, 80.29735 W
Population (1990): 2779 (1394 housing units)
Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Meadow Lake, NJ (CDP, FIPS 80750) Location: 40.92350 N, 74.51105 W
Population (1990): 8002 (2769 housing units)
Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)

White Oak West, OH (CDP, FIPS 84864) Location: 39.19930 N, 84.61426 W
Population (1990): 2879 (1030 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Island Shores, MA (CDP, FIPS 79390) Location: 41.79382 N, 70.63905 W
Population (1990): 1827 (826 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

White Oak East, OH (CDP, FIPS 84831) Location: 39.20203 N, 84.59017 W
Population (1990): 3544 (1450 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White River Junction, VT (CDP, FIPS 83575) Location: 43.65011 N, 72.32339 W
Population (1990): 2521 (1232 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

White Pine County, NV (county, FIPS 33) Location: 39.43543 N, 114.89628 W
Population (1990): 9264 (3982 housing units)
Area: 22990.3 sq km (land), 53.3 sq km (water)

White, SD (city, FIPS 70940) Location: 44.43338 N, 96.64542 W
Population (1990): 536 (201 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57276

White, PA Zip code(s): 15490

White, GA (town, FIPS 82468) Location: 34.28245 N, 84.74766 W
Population (1990): 542 (220 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 30184

Manderson-White Horse Creek, SD (CDP, FIPS 40550) Location: 43.22952 N, 102.47061 W
Population (1990): 243 (65 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

White Center-Shorewood, WA (CDP, FIPS 78242) Location: 47.50200 N, 122.34977 W
Population (1990): 20531 (8218 housing units)
Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

Fort White, FL (town, FIPS 24500) Location: 29.92150 N, 82.71451 W
Population (1990): 268 (107 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 32038

Bob White, WV Zip code(s): 25028

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White

White\, a. [Compar. Whiter; superl. Whitest.] [OE. whit, AS. hw?t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright, Russ. sviet' light, Skr. ?v?ta white, ?vit to be bright. ???. Cf. 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 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 larv[ae] and pup[ae] 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 (Zo["o]l.), a fresh-water North American bass (Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.

White bear (Zo["o]l.), the polar bear. See under Polar.

White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.

White brand (Zo["o]l.), 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 Cham[ae]cyparis sph[ae]roidea, 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.), leucocyth[ae]mia.

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 (Zo["o]l.), an ornamental branched coral (Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.

White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.

White cricket (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under Ruffed. [Canada]

White frost. See Hoarfrost.

White game (Zo["o]l.), the white ptarmigan.

White garnet (Min.), leucite.

White grass (Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica) with greenish-white pale[ae].

White grouse. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The white ptarmigan. (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]

White grub (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the squirrel hake. See under Squirrel.

White hawk, or kite (Zo["o]l.), the hen harrier.

White heat, the temperature at which bodies become incandescent, and appea